Temperley-Lieb Recoupling Theory and Invariants of 3-Manifolds
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Temperley-Lieb Recoupling Theory and Invariants of 3-Manifolds

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Temperley-Lieb Recoupling Theory and Invariants of 3-Manifolds

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This book offers a self-contained account of the 3-manifold invariants arising from the original Jones polynomial. These are the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev and the Turaev-Viro invariants. Starting from the Kauffman bracket model for the Jones polynomial and the diagrammatic Temperley-Lieb algebra, higher-order polynomial invariants of links are constructed and combined to form the 3-manifold invariants. The methods in this book are based on a recoupling theory for the Temperley-Lieb algebra. This recoupling theory is a q-deformation of the SU(2) spin networks of Roger Penrose.


The recoupling theory is developed in a purely combinatorial and elementary manner. Calculations are based on a reformulation of the Kirillov-Reshetikhin shadow world, leading to expressions for all the invariants in terms of state summations on 2-cell complexes. Extensive tables of the invariants are included. Manifolds in these tables are recognized by surgery presentations and by means of 3-gems (graph encoded 3-manifolds) in an approach pioneered by Sostenes Lins. The appendices include information about gems, examples of distinct manifolds with the same invariants, and applications to the Turaev-Viro invariant and to the Crane-Yetter invariant of 4-manifolds.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. 1 Introduction
  6. 2 Bracket Polynomial, Temperley-Lieb Algebra
  7. 3 Jones-Wenzl Projectors
  8. 4 The 3-Vertex
  9. 5 Properties of Projectors and 3-Vertices
  10. 6 θ-Evaluations
  11. 7 Recoupling Theory Via Temperley-Lieb Algebra
  12. 8 Chromatic Evaluations and the Tetrahedron
  13. 9 A Summary of Recoupling Theory
  14. 10 A 3-Manifold In variant by State Summation
  15. 11 The Shadow World
  16. 12 The Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev Invariant
  17. 13 Blinks ↦ 3-Gems: Recognizing 3-Manifolds
  18. 14 Tables of Quantum Invariants
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index