Skein algebras and cluster algebras of marked surfaces
By Greg Muller. 2012
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This paper defines several algebras associated to an oriented surface $S$ with a finite set of marked points on the boundary. The first is the skein algebra $Sk_q(S)$, which is spanned by links in the surface which are allowed to have endpoints at the marked points, modulo several locally defined relations. The product is given by superposition of links. A basis of this algebra is given, as well as several algebraic results. When $S$ is triangulable, the quantum cluster algebra $A_q(S)$ and quantum upper cluster algebra U_q(S) can be defined. These are algebras coming from the triangulations of S and the elementary moves between them. Natural inclusions $A_q(S)$ into $Sk_q^o(S)$ into $U_q(S)$ are shown, where $Sk_q^o(S)$ is a certain Ore localization of $Sk_q(S)$. When $S$ has at least two marked points in each component, these inclusions are strengthened to equality, exhibiting a quantum cluster structure on $Sk_q^o(S)$. The method for proving these equalities has potential to show $A_q=U_q$ for other classes of cluster algebras. As a demonstration of this fact, a new proof is given that $A_q=U_q$ for acyclic cluster algebras
Subfields: Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geometry and Topology
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- Stated skein algebras of surfaces (2019, methodology): “The notion of trace here is similar to the one introduced in [Mu], where trace is de ned only for oriented arcs.”
- Triangular decomposition of skein algebras (2016, methodology): “For another approach to the quantum trace map using the Muller skein algebra see [Le].”