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Skein Homology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Doug Bullock
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Boise State University Boise, ID 83725 USA, email: bullock@math.idbsu.edu
Charles Frohman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52245 USA, email: frohman@math.uiowa.edu
Joanna Kania-Bartoszyńska
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Boise State University Boise, ID 83725 USA, email: kania@math.idbsu.edu
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Abstract

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A new class of homology groups associated to a 3-manifold is defined. The theories measure the syzygies between skein relations in a skein module. We investigate some of the properties of the homology theory associated to the Kauffman bracket.

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1998

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