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Estimating the states of the Kauffman bracket skein module

Doug Bullock (1998)

Banach Center Publications

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The states of the title are a set of knot types which suffice to create a generating set for the Kauffman bracket skein module of a manifold. The minimum number of states is a topological invariant, but quite difficult to compute. In this paper we show that a set of states determines a generating set for the ring of S L 2 ( C ) characters of the fundamental group, which in turn provides estimates of the invariant.

On the compactification of configuration spaces

Markl, Martin, Stasheff, James D.

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The article contains a list of 7 problems related to operads and configuration spaces. Problems 1-2 are about the compactification of configuration spaces (homology and Koszulness, geometric decompositions). Problems 3-4 are about configuration spaces related to knot invariants, their geometry and Koszulness. Problems 5 to 7 are related to (operadically defined) traces and cyclic homology.

Skein algebra of a group

Józef Przytycki, Adam Sikora (1998)

Banach Center Publications

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We define for each group G the skein algebra of G. We show how it is related to the Kauffman bracket skein modules. We prove that skein algebras of abelian groups are isomorphic to symmetric subalgebras of corresponding group rings. Moreover, we show that, for any abelian group G, homomorphisms from the skein algebra of G to C correspond exactly to traces of SL(2,C)-representations of G. We also solve, for abelian groups, the conjecture of Bullock on SL(2,C) character varieties of groups...

The equation [B,(A-1)(A,B)] = 0 and virtual knots and links

Stephen Budden, Roger Fenn (2004)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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Let A, B be invertible, non-commuting elements of a ring R. Suppose that A-1 is also invertible and that the equation [B,(A-1)(A,B)] = 0 called the fundamental equation is satisfied. Then this defines a representation of the algebra ℱ = A, B | [B,(A-1)(A,B)] = 0. An invariant R-module can then be defined for any diagram of a (virtual) knot or link. This halves the number of previously known relations and allows us to give a complete solution in the case when R is the quaternions. ...