Positive basis for surface skein algebras.

نویسنده

  • Dylan Paul Thurston
چکیده

We show that the twisted SL2 skein algebra of a surface has a natural basis (the bracelets basis) that is positive, in the sense that the structure constants for multiplication are positive integers.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

دوره 111 27  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014