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On Kauffman bracket skein modules at roots of unity

Thang T. Q. Lê

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On Kauffman bracket skein modules at roots of unity THANG T Q LÊ We reprove and expand results of Bonahon and Wong on central elements of the Kauffman bracket skein modules at roots of 1 and on the existence of the Chebyshev homomorphism, using elementary skein methods.

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On Kauffman bracket skein modules at roots of unity THANG T Q LÊ We reprove and expand results of Bonahon and Wong on central elements of the Kauffman bracket skein modules at roots of 1 and on the existence of the Chebyshev homomorphism, using elementary skein methods.

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On Kauffman bracket skein modules at roots of unity THANG T Q LÊ We reprove and expand results of Bonahon and Wong on central elements of the Kauffman bracket skein modules at roots of 1 and on the existence of the Chebyshev homomorphism, using elementary skein methods.

Key concepts: Skein, Mathematics, Bracket polynomial, Root of unity, Pure mathematics, Homomorphism, Root (linguistics), Bracket

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