Relates two types of skein algebras using explicit correspondences.
problem Defining and relating stated and internal skein algebras.
method Explicit correspondence between stated and internal skein algebras, distinguishing between left and right boundary edges, proving excision properties.
result Agrees with excision properties of stated skein algebras under specific conditions.
Decomposes SL3 skein algebras for surfaces.
problem Decomposing SL3 skein algebras for surfaces. method Splitting surfaces into triangles and analyzing the resulting algebras.
result Explicit basis and injective splitting morphisms for SL3 stated skein algebras. Survey on stated skein algebras and their representations.
problem None explicitly stated in the abstract.
method None explicitly stated in the abstract.
result None explicitly stated in the abstract.
Center identified in stated skein algebra for quantum traces.
problem Understanding the center of the stated skein algebra.
method Analyzing the algebra as a generalization of Kauffman bracket skein algebra, focusing on the case when the quantum parameter is a root of unity.
result Simple description and dimension calculation of the center over the center module.
Paper presents skein algebras for spheres with punctures.
problem Quantization of decorated Teichmüller space.
method Presentations of Roger-Yang generalized skein algebras for punctured spheres.
result New interpretation of homogeneous coordinate ring of Grassmannian of planes.
This paper calculates the skein algebra of the Borromean rings complement.
problem Calculating the skein algebra of the Borromean rings complement.
method Using the skein algebra definition and character variety, the polynomial ring quotient is determined.
result An explicit formula for the skein algebra of the Borromean rings complement is provided.
Introduces LRY skein algebras generalizing Kauffman bracket and Roger-Yang skein algebras.
problem Generalizing skein algebras for surfaces with arbitrary ground rings.
method Constructs LRY skein algebras, quantum traces, and Dehn-Thurston coordinates.
result LRY skein algebras are domains, have degenerations to monomial subalgebras of quantum tori, and are orderly finitely generated.
Study centers of generalized skein algebras, showing almost Azumaya properties.
problem Understanding the center of generalized skein algebras.
method Generalized skein algebra generated by loops and arcs, computed center, discussed implications.
result Center of Muller-Roger-Yang skein algebra is almost Azumaya.
Survey of stated skein modules/algebras of 3-manifolds/surfaces.
problem Understanding stated skein modules/algebras of 3-manifolds/surfaces.
method Discussion of splitting homomorphism, general structures, Frobenius homomorphism, center, dimension, representation theory.
result Skein algebra of non-closed marked surface at any root of 1 is a maximal order.
We extend some results of Bonahon, Bullock, Turaev and Wong concerning the skein algebras of closed surfaces to L^e's stated skein algebra associated to open surfaces. We prove that the stated skein algebra with deforming parameter +1 embeds canonically into the centers of the stated skein algebras whose deforming para…
Sliced skein algebras and geometric Kauffman bracket study algebraic structures and their properties.
problem Study sliced skein algebras and their properties.
method Quotient of Kauffman bracket skein algebra, center calculation, PI-degree calculation, fully Azumaya point analysis.
result Center and PI-degree calculations for sliced skein algebras, fully Azumaya points, and simple modules.
Generalizes positivity conjecture to Roger--Yang skein algebras using polynomials.
problem Positivity conjecture for Roger--Yang skein algebras.
method Used explicit polynomials like Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind to give candidates of positive bases.
result Polynomials form a lower bound in the sense of [Lê18] and [LTY21].
By introducing a finer version of the Kauffman bracket skein algebra, we show how to decompose the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of a surface into elementary blocks corresponding to the triangles in an ideal triangulation of the surface. The new skein algebra of an ideal triangle has a simple presentation. This gives …
Embeds skein algebras into quantum tori using Dehn-Thurston coordinates.
problem Studying representations of Kauffman bracket skein algebras at roots of unity.
method Using the action of the skein algebra on the skein module of the handlebody.
result Explicit reconstruction of unique representation with fixed classical shadow.
Finite presentations for skein algebras linked to gauge field theory.
problem Understanding finite presentations for skein algebras and their relationship to gauge field theory.
method Provided finite presentations and deduced properties of stated skein algebras.
result Stated skein algebras are Koszul and isomorphic to quantum moduli algebras in gauge field theory.
Study of cluster and skein algebras for surfaces, showing their connection.
problem Understanding algebraic structures of curve algebras on surfaces.
method Generalization and explicit definition of maps between cluster and skein algebras.
result Explicit maps between cluster and skein algebras, showing their close relationship.
Skein algebra action is faithful if quantum parameter isn't a root of 1.
problem Faithfulness of geometric action of skein algebras.
method Examined the Kauffman bracket skein algebra and its action on handlebody modules.
result The action is faithful if and only if the quantum parameter is not a root of 1.
The paper connects two skein algebras and characterizes their representations.
problem Characterizing representations of Roger-Yang skein algebras.
method Calculating Roger-Yang skein algebra of an annulus, establishing a homomorphism to Kauffman bracket skein algebra of a torus, and using these to characterize representations.
result Characterization of irreducible, finite-dimensional representations of Roger-Yang skein algebra of an annulus with two interior punctures.
Method computes centers of Poisson and skein algebras for loops on surfaces.
problem Computing centers of Poisson and skein algebras associated to loops on surfaces.
method Systematic method using Goldman and Wolpert's Poisson algebras and Turaev's skein algebras.
result Computed centers of various Poisson and skein algebras for finite type hyperbolic surfaces.
Quantum cluster algebras for surfaces with coefficients defined using skein theory.
problem Defining quantum cluster algebras for surfaces with coefficients.
method Introducing a skein algebra and proving it has a quantum cluster structure.
result The skein algebra of a walled surface naturally generalizes quantum cluster algebras of marked surfaces.
Monoidal categorifies genus zero skein algebra using K-theory.
problem Relating skein algebra to K-theory.
method Using quantized K-theoretic Coulomb branch and Grothendieck ring of equivariant coherent sheaves.
result Monoidal categorification of the skein algebra.
Study proves certain algebraic structures are symmetric Frobenius algebras.
problem Understanding algebraic structures in bordered surfaces.
method Analyzing stated skein algebras and their fraction rings.
result Fraction ring of stated skein algebra is a symmetric Frobenius algebra.
This thesis explores DAHA representations using stated skein theory.
problem Understanding the representation theory of double affine Hecke algebras.
method Combining stated skein theory with DAHA, focusing on the A1 DAHA. result Constructed a module of Laurent polynomials for the A1 DAHA. Proves a pentagon relation in skein theory.
problem Developed a skein-theoretic version of cluster theory and conjectured a pentagon relation.
method Topological proof using skein algebra and elliptic Hall algebra.
result Proves the pentagon relation for the skein dilogarithm.
Proves conjecture linking cluster algebras and skein algebras for surfaces with punctures.
problem Cluster and skein algebras on surfaces with punctures.
method Geometric and algebraic methods, including decorated Teichmüller spaces and skein algebras.
result Cluster and skein algebras coincide for surfaces with at least 2 punctures.
Study of skein invariants on tori for various groups and quantum parameters.
problem Analysis of G-skein theory invariants on tori for different groups and parameters. method Combinatorial and algebraic methods, including DAHA and skein relations.
result Isomorphisms and homomorphisms between skein algebras and DAHA, proving equivalence of tangles.
We show that the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of any oriented surface F (possibly with marked points in its boundary) has no zero divisors and that its center is generated by knots parallel to the unmarked components of the boundary of F. Furthermore, we show that skein algebras are Noetherian and Ore. Our proofs rel…
The paper studies properties of stated SL(n)-skein algebras and their centers.
problem Properties of stated SL(n)-skein algebras and their centers.
method Quantum trace maps and embeddings into quantum tori.
result Finitely generation and PI-degrees of centers of stated SL(n)-skein algebras.
Polynomial algorithm for multiplication on one-hole torus skein algebra.
problem Complexity of multiplicative structure in skein algebra.
method Provided a polynomial algorithm for one-hole torus.
result Closed form formulas for multiplication of curves with low crossing number.
Study G2 skein algebra elements using Kuperberg webs and threading operations.
problem Identify and analyze central elements in G2 skein algebra. method Use Kuperberg webs, threading operations, and skein-theoretic arguments.
result Verify central elements and obtain uniqueness of transparent polynomials.
Presented an algebra structure for a specific geometric surface.
problem Understanding algebraic structures of geometric surfaces.
method Explicit presentation of Kauffman bracket skein algebra.
result Explicit algebraic structure for a 5-punctured sphere.
Study of Chebyshev-Frobenius homomorphism in 3-manifold skein modules.
problem Exploring the Chebyshev-Frobenius homomorphism in 3-manifold skein modules.
method Generalization of splitting homomorphism for stated skein modules of 3-manifolds.
result Existence and properties of Chebyshev-Frobenius homomorphism for 3-manifold skein modules.
In this paper we study the skein algebras of marked surfaces and the skein modules of marked 3-manifolds. Muller showed that skein algebras of totally marked surfaces may be embedded in easy to study algebras known as quantum tori. We first extend Muller's result to permit marked surfaces with unmarked boundary compone…
New method computes automorphisms of surface groups using skein algebras.
problem Computing automorphisms of surface groups.
method Using skein algebras and Goldman Lie algebra.
result Refined formula for automorphisms of homology cylinders.
We study the algebraic and geometric properties of stated skein algebras of surfaces with punctured boundary. We prove that the skein algebra of the bigon is isomorphic to the quantum group Oq2(SL(2)) providing a topological interpretation for its structure morphisms. We also show that its sta…
Given a Heegaard splitting of a closed 3-manifold, the skein modules of the two handlebodies are modules over the skein algebra of their common boundary surface. The zeroth Hochschild homology of the skein algebra of a surface with coefficients in the tensor product of the skein modules of two handlebodies is interpret…
Let Σ be a surface with negative Euler characteristic, genus at least one and at most one boundary component. We prove that the skein algebra of Σ over the field of rational functions can be algebraically generated by a finite number of simple closed curves that are naturally associated to certain generators of the…
Algebra Situs is a branch of mathematics which has its roots in Jones' construction of his polynomial invariant of links and Drinfeld's work on quantum groups. It encompasses the theory of quantum invariants of knots and 3-manifolds, algebraic topology based on knots, operads, planar algebras, q-deformations, quantum g…
This paper is focused on the structure of the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of a punctured surface at roots of unity. A criterion that determines when a collection of skeins forms a basis of the skein algebra as an extension over the SL(2,C) characters of the fundamental group of the surface, with appropri…
We study the concept of the fourth skein module of 3-manifolds, that is a skein module based on the skein relation b_0L_0 + b_1L_1 + b_2L_2 + b_3L_3 = 0 and a framing relation L^{(1)} = aL, where a, b_0, b_3 are invertible. We introdule the concept of n-algebraic tangles (and links) and analyze the skein module for 3-a…
Generalizes Hecke algebra for double torus, linking to skein algebra.
problem Understanding algebraic structures on double torus.
method Introducing Heegaard dual operators and Dehn twists.
result Established relationship between Hecke algebra and skein algebra.
For each Frobenius algebra there is defined a skein module of surfaces embedded in a given 3-manifold and bounding a prescribed curve system in the boundary. The skein relations are local and generate the kernel of a certain natural extension of the corresponding topological quantum field theory. In particular the skei…
New algebra for twice-punctured torus curves.
problem Constructing a new algebra for skein theory.
method Using Heegaard dual of Iwahori--Hecke operator, Dehn twists are represented.
result Automorphisms correspond to Dehn twists on the twice-punctured torus.
This paper resolves the unicity conjecture of Bonahon and Wong for the Kauffman bracket skein algebras of all oriented finite type surfaces at all roots of unity. The proof is a consequence of a general unicity theorem that says that the irreducible representations of a prime affine k-algebra over an algebraically cl…
Quantized Coulomb branches linked to skein algebras.
problem Understanding the relationship between quantized Coulomb branches and skein algebras.
method Association of quantized Coulomb branches to surfaces, description of relationship for specific surfaces, formulation of a conjecture.
result A conjecture linking quantized Coulomb branches and skein algebras.
Researchers prove positivity of skein algebra structure constants for specific surfaces.
problem Positivity of structure constants in skein algebras of specific surfaces.
method Mirror symmetry construction based on higher genus Gromov-Witten theory applied to a complex cubic surface.
result Proved positivity of structure constants for skein algebras of the 4-punctured sphere and 1-punctured torus.
Compute central extension of mapping class group from stated skein algebra
problem Compute central extension of mapping class group from stated skein algebra
method Compute central extension of mapping class group from stated skein algebra
result Compute central extension of mapping class group from stated skein algebra
New identities lift q-dilogarithm to a more complex algebra.
problem Extending q-dilogarithm identities to a more complex algebra.
method Showed lift to HOMFLYPT-skein algebra of a genus n handlebody.
result New identities associated to unidirectional A_n-quiver.