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Free subgroups within the images of quantum representations

  • Louis Funar EMAIL logo und Toshitake Kohno
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 8. November 2011

Abstract

We prove that, except for a few explicit roots of unity, the quantum image of any Johnson subgroup of the mapping class group contains an explicit free non-abelian subgroup.

Funding source: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Japan Society for Promotion of Science)

Award Identifier / Grant number: 23340014

Funding source: World Premier International Research Center Initiative

Award Identifier / Grant number: MEXT

We are grateful to Jørgen Andersen, Greg Kuperberg, Greg McShane and Gregor Masbaum for useful discussions and to Ian Agol for pointing out a gap in the previous version of this paper. A part of this work was accomplished while the second author was staying at Institut Fourier in Grenoble. He would like to thank Institut Fourier for hospitality.

Received: 2011-9-23
Revised: 2011-10-24
Published Online: 2011-11-8
Published in Print: 2014-3-1

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