Skein and cluster algebras of unpunctured surfaces for \mathfrak{sl}_3

DOI10.1007/S00209-023-03208-7MaRDI QIDQ6357474arXivFDO

Authors Tsukasa Ishibashi, Wataru Yuasa

Publication date 3 January 2021

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S00209-023-03208-7

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cluster algebras (13F60) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20) Invariants of 3-manifolds (including skein modules, character varieties) (57K31)

arXiv classification

math.GTmath.QAmath.RT

Abstract: For an unpunctured marked surface $Sigma$, we consider a skein algebra $mathscr{S}_{mathfrak{sl}_3,Sigma}^q$ consisting of $mathfrak{sl}_3$-webs on $Sigma$ with the boundary skein relations at marked points. We construct a quantum cluster algebra $mathscr{A}_{mathfrak{sl}_3,Sigma}^q$ inside the skew-field $mathrmFracmathscr{S}_{mathfrak{sl}_3,Sigma}^q$ of fractions, which quantizes the cluster $K_2$-structure on the moduli space $mathcal{A}_{S{L}_3,Sigma}$ of decorated $S{L}_3$-local systems on $Sigma$. We show that the cluster algebra $mathscr{A}_{mathfrak{sl}_3,Sigma}^q$ contains the boundary-localized skein algebra $mathscr{S}_{mathfrak{sl}_3,Sigma}^q[partia{l}^{-1}]$ as a subalgebra, and their natural structures, such as gradings and certain group actions, agree with each other. We also give an algorithm to compute the Laurent expressions of a given $mathfrak{sl}_3$-web in certain clusters and discuss the positivity of coefficients. In particular, we show that the bracelets and the bangles along an oriented simple loop in $Sigma$ have Laurent expressions with positive coefficients, hence give rise to quantum GS-universally positive Laurent polynomials.

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