Some unitary representations of Thompson's groups F and T

preprint2014arXivOpen access

Abstract

In a "naive" attempt to create algebraic quantum field theories on the circle, we obtain a family of unitary representations of Thompson's groups T and F for any subfactor. The Thompson group elements are the "local scale transformations" of the theory. In a simple case the coefficients of the representations are polynomial invariants of links. We show that all links arise and introduce new "oriented" subgroups F→<F\overrightarrow F <F and T→<T\overrightarrow T< T which allow us to produce all \emph{oriented} knots and links.

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