The Kauffman skein algebra of a surface at
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We study the structure of the Kauffman algebra of a surface with parameter equal to √ −1. We obtain an interpretation of this algebra as an algebra of parallel transport operators acting on sections of a line bundle over the moduli space of flat SU(2)-connections over the surface. We analyse the asymptotics of traces of curve-operators in TQFT in non standard regimes where the root of unity parametrizing the TQFT accumulates to a root of unity. We interpret the case of √ −1 in terms of parallel transport operators.
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