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On the Turaev–Viro endomorphism and the colored Jones polynomial

Xuanting Cai and Patrick M Gilmer

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 13 (2013) 375–408
Abstract

By applying a variant of the TQFT constructed by Blanchet, Habegger, Masbaum and Vogel and using a construction of Ohtsuki, we define a module endomorphism for each knot K by using a tangle obtained from a surgery presentation of K. We show that it is strong shift equivalent to the Turaev–Viro endomorphism associated to K. Following Viro, we consider the endomorphisms that one obtains after coloring the meridian and the longitude of the knot. We show that the traces of these endomorphisms encode the same information as the colored Jones polynomials of K at a root of unity. Most of the discussion is carried out in the more general setting of infinite cyclic covers of 3–manifolds.

Keywords
TQFT, quantum invariant, surgery presentation, strong shift equivalence, $3$–manifold, knot
Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 57M25, 57M27, 57R56
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Publication
Received: 20 February 2012
Revised: 9 September 2012
Accepted: 17 September 2012
Published: 5 March 2013
Authors
Xuanting Cai
Department of Mathematics
Louisiana State University
363 Lockett Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
USA
http://www.math.lsu.edu/~xcai1/
Patrick M Gilmer
Department of Mathematics
Louisiana State University
376 Lockett Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
USA
http://www.math.lsu.edu/~gilmer/