paper

Presentations for Temperley-Lieb algebras

arXiv:2101.02862

Abstract

We give a new and conceptually straightforward proof of the well-known presentation for the Temperley-Lieb algebra, via an alternative new presentation. Our method involves twisted semigroup algebras, and we make use of two apparently new submonoids of the Temperley-Lieb monoid.

14 pages, 9 figures; dedicated to the memory of VFR Jones; to appear in QJ Math