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arxiv: 1501.02631 · v1 · pith:4KCZV3SRnew · submitted 2015-01-12 · 🧮 math.GT · math.QA

The Localized Skein Algebra is Frobenius

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When $A$ in the Kauffman bracket skein relation is a primitive $2N$th root of unity, where $N\geq 3$ is odd, the Kauffman bracket skein algebra $K_N(F)$ of a finite type surface $F$ is a ring extension of the $SL_2\mathbb{C}$-characters $\chi(F)$ of the fundamental group of $F$. We localize by inverting the nonzero characters to get an algebra $S^{-1}K_N(F)$ over the function field of the character variety. We prove that if $F$ is noncompact, the algebra $S^{-1}K_N(F)$ is a symmetric Frobenius algebra. Along the way we prove $K(F)$ is finitely generated, $K_N(F)$ is a finite rank module over $\chi(F)$, and the simple closed curves that make up any simple diagram on $F$ generate a finite field extension of $S^{-1}\chi(F)$ inside $S^{-1}K_N(F)$.

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