Description
Book SynopsisOffers an account of the 3-manifold invariants arising from the original Jones polynomial. This book contains the methods that are based on a recoupling theory for the Temperley-Lieb algebra. The appendices include information about gems, examples of distinct manifolds with the same invariants, and applications to the Turaev-Viro invariant.
Trade Review"This extremely useful volume provides a self-contained treatment of the construction of 3-manifold invariants directly from the combinatorics of the Jones polynomial in Kauffman's bracket formulation."--Mathematical Reviews
Table of Contents1Introduction12Bracket Polynomial, Temperley-Lieb Algebra53Jones-Wenzl Projectors134The 3-Vertex225Properties of Projectors and 3-Vertices366[theta]-Evaluations457Recoupling Theory Via Temperley-Lieb Algebra608Chromatic Evaluations and the Tetrahedron769A Summary of Recoupling Theory9310A 3-Manifold Invariant by State Summation10211The Shadow World11412The Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev Invariant12913Blinks [actual symbol not reproducible] 3-Gems: Recognizing 3-Manifolds16014Tables of Quantum Invariants185Bibliography290Index295
