Algebraic structures derived from foams

DOI10.4303/JGLTA/G100202zbMATH Open1210.57003arXiv1001.0775OpenAlexW2084647182MaRDI QIDQ628808FDOQ628808

J. Scott Carter, Masahico Saito

Publication date: 7 March 2011

Published in: Journal of Generalized Lie Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Foams are surfaces with branch lines at which three sheets merge. They have been used in the categorification of sl(3) quantum knot invariants and also in physics. The 2D-TQFT of surfaces, on the other hand, is classified by means of commutative Frobenius algebras, where saddle points correspond to multiplication and comultiplication. In this paper, we explore algebraic operations that branch lines derive under TQFT. In particular, we investigate Lie bracket and bialgebra structures. Relations to the original Frobenius algebra structures are discussed both algebraically and diagrammatically.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0775

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zbMATH Keywords

Lie algebraTQFTquantum invariantsfoamsFrobenius algebrasbialgebraskein module

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50) Bialgebras (16T10)

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