Random walk invariants of string links from R-matrices

DOI10.2140/AGT.2016.16.569MaRDI QIDQ258859zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas Kerler, Yilong Wang

Publication date 10 March 2016

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.2722

zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialBurau representationR-matricesrandom walkstring linkstangles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exterior algebra, Grassmann algebras (15A75) Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56)

Abstract: We show that the exterior powers of the matrix valued random walk invariant of string links, introduced by Lin, Tian, and Wang, are isomorphic to the graded components of the tangle functor associated to the Alexander Polynomial by Ohtsuki divided by the zero graded invariant of the functor. Several resulting properties of these representations of the string link monoids are discussed.

Review text

A \textit{string link} is a tangle class \(T:\tau^n\rightarrow \tau^n\) with precisely \(n\) interval components, and a diagram where each interval has one endpoint at the bottom and the other endpoint at the top of the diagram. The authors show that the exterior powers of the matrix valued random walk invariant of string links, introduced by \textit{X.-S. Lin} et al. [Pac. J. Math. 182, No. 2, 289--302 (1998; Zbl 0903.57003)], are isomorphic to the graded components of the tangle functor associated to the Alexander polynomial by \textit{T. Ohtsuki} [Quantum invariants. A study of knots, 3-manifolds, and their sets. Singapore: World Scientific (2002; Zbl 0991.57001)] divided by the zero graded invariant of the functor. Several resulting properties of these representations of the string link monoids are discussed.

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