Skeins and handlebodies

W. B. Raymond Lickorish

Vol. 159 (1993), No. 2, 337–349

DOI: 10.2140/pjm.1993.159.337

Abstract

The Temperley-Lieb algebra is used to find a base for the vector space that is associated to a closed surface by the Topological Quantum Field Theory corresponding to the original Jones polynomial invariant.

Mathematical Subject Classification 2000

Primary: 57M25

Milestones

Received: 2 January 1992

Published: 1 June 1993