Kauffman bracket skein module of a connected sum of 3-manifolds
arXiv:math/9911120
Abstract
We show that for the Kauffman bracket skein module over the field of rational functions in variable A, the module of a connected sum of 3-manifolds is the tensor product of modules of the individual manifolds.
11 pages, 5 figures, Manuscripta Math., to appear, LaTeX