Computing SL(2,C) central functions with spin networks

DOI10.1007/S10711-010-9557-9MaRDI QIDQ634714zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sean Lawton, Elisha Peterson

Publication date 16 August 2011

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2372

zbMATH Keywords

central functioncharacter varietyspin networktrace diagram

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Group actions on affine varieties (14R20) Actions of groups and semigroups; invariant theory (associative rings and algebras) (16W22) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

Abstract: Let G=SL(2,C) and F_r be a rank r free group. Given an admissible weight in N^{3r-3}, there exists a class function defined on Hom(F_r,G) called a central function. We show that these functions admit a combinatorial description in terms of graphs called trace diagrams. We then describe two algorithms (implemented in Mathematica) to compute these functions.

Review text

Let \({G={\text{SL}}(2,\mathbb{C})}\) and \({{\mathtt F}_r}\) be a rank \(r\) free group. Given an admissible weight \({\vec{\lambda}}\) in \({\mathbb{N}^{3r-3}}\), there exists a class function defined on \({{\text{Hom}}({\mathtt F}_r,G)}\) called a central function. The authors show that these functions admit a combinatorial description in terms of graphs called trace diagrams. They then describe two algorithms (implemented in Mathematica) to compute these functions.

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• Mathematica

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