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Deformation of string topology into homotopy skein modules

Uwe Kaiser

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 3 (2003) 1005–1035

arXiv: math.GT/0211392

Abstract

Relations between the string topology of Chas and Sullivan and the homotopy skein modules of Hoste and Przytycki are studied. This provides new insight into the structure of homotopy skein modules and their meaning in the framework of quantum topology. Our results can be considered as weak extensions to all orientable 3–manifolds of classical results by Turaev and Goldman concerning intersection and skein theory on oriented surfaces.

Keywords
$3$–manifold, string topology, deformation, skein module, torsion, link homotopy, free loop space, Lie algebra
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57M25
Secondary: 57M35, 57R42
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Received: 20 2003
Accepted: 8 October 2003
Published: 11 October 2003
Authors
Uwe Kaiser
Department of Mathematics
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725-1555
USA
http://diamond.boisestate.edu/~kaiser/