2 papers
math.GT2006
Traces on the skein algebra of the torus
Michael McLendon
For a surface , the Kauffman bracket skein module of , denoted , admits a natural multiplication which makes it an algebra. When specialized at a complex n…
math.GT2004
Detecting torsion in skein modules using Hochschild homology
Michael McLendon
Given a Heegaard splitting of a closed 3-manifold, the skein modules of the two handlebodies are modules over the skein algebra of their common boundary surface. The zeroth Hochsch…