{"title":"On the SL(2,ℂ) quantum 6j-symbols and their relation to the hyperbolic volume","authors":"F. Costantino, J. Murakami","doi":"10.4171/QT/41","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We generalize the colored Alexander invariant of knots to an invariant of graphs and we construct a face model for this invariant by using the corresponding 6j -symbols, which come from the non-integral representations of the quantum group Uq.sl2/. We call it the SL.2; C/-quantum 6j -symbols, and show their relation to the hyperbolic volume of a truncated tetrahedron. Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 46L37; Secondary 46L54, 82B99.","PeriodicalId":51331,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Topology","volume":"12 1","pages":"303-351"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"20","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Quantum Topology","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4171/QT/41","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 20
Abstract
We generalize the colored Alexander invariant of knots to an invariant of graphs and we construct a face model for this invariant by using the corresponding 6j -symbols, which come from the non-integral representations of the quantum group Uq.sl2/. We call it the SL.2; C/-quantum 6j -symbols, and show their relation to the hyperbolic volume of a truncated tetrahedron. Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 46L37; Secondary 46L54, 82B99.
期刊介绍:
Quantum Topology is a peer reviewed journal dedicated to publishing original research articles, short communications, and surveys in quantum topology and related areas of mathematics. Topics covered include in particular:
Low-dimensional Topology
Knot Theory
Jones Polynomial and Khovanov Homology
Topological Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Groups and Hopf Algebras
Mapping Class Groups and Teichmüller space
Categorification
Braid Groups and Braided Categories
Fusion Categories
Subfactors and Planar Algebras
Contact and Symplectic Topology
Topological Methods in Physics.