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SKEIN MODULES AT THE 4TH ROOTS OF UNITY

ADAM S. SIKORA

Department of Mathematics, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216504003391Cited by:8 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The Kauffman bracket skein modules, , have been calculated for A=±1 for all 3-manifolds M by relating them to the -character varieties. We extend this description to the case when A is a 4th root of 1 and M is either a surface×[0,1] or a rational homology sphere (or its submanifold).

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AMSC: 57M27

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