Abstract
A new state-sum formula for the evaluation of the Yang–Mills measure in the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of a closed surface is derived. The formula extends the Kauffman bracket to diagrams that lie in surfaces other than the plane. It also extends Turaev’s shadow world invariant of links in a circle bundle over a surface away from roots of unity. The limiting behavior of the Yang–Mills measure when the complex parameter approaches is studied. The formula is applied to compute integrals of simple closed curves over the character variety of the surface against Goldman’s symplectic measure.
Citation
Charles Frohman. Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska. "Shadow world evaluation of the Yang–Mills measure." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 4 (1) 311 - 332, 2004. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2004.4.311
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