Quantized representations of knot groups

DOI10.4171/QT/191MaRDI QIDQ6190472zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 6 February 2024

Published in Quantum Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.09539

zbMATH Keywords

braided groupsHopf algebrasknotslinksquantum groupsrepresentation varieties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hopf algebras and their applications (16T05) Quantum groups (quantized function algebras) and their representations (20G42) Knot theory (57K10)

Abstract: We propose a new non-commutative generalization of the representation variety and the character variety of a knot group. Our strategy is to reformulate the construction of the algebra of functions on the space of representations in terms of Hopf algebra objects in a braided category (braided Hopf algebra). The construction works under the assumption that the algebra is braided commutative. The resulting knot invariant is a module with a coadjoint action. Taking the coinvariants yields a new quantum character variety that may be thought of as an alternative to the skein module. We give concrete examples for a few of the simplest knots and links.

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Summary: We propose a new non-commutative generalization of the representation variety and the character variety of a knot group. Our strategy is to reformulate the construction of the algebra of functions on the space of representations in terms of Hopf algebra objects in a braided category (braided Hopf algebra). The construction works under the assumption that the algebra is braided commutative. The resulting knot invariant is a module with a coadjoint action. Taking the coinvariants yields a new quantum character variety that may be thought of as an alternative to the skein module. We give concrete examples for a few of the simplest knots and links.

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