On the TQFT representations of the mapping class groups

Authors
Citation
L. Funar, On the TQFT representations of the mapping class groups, PAC J MATH, 188(2), 1999, pp. 251-274
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS
ISSN journal
00308730 → ACNP
Volume
188
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
251 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-8730(199904)188:2<251:OTTROT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We prove that the image of the mapping class group by the representations a rising in the SU(2)-TQFT is infinite, provided that the genus g greater tha n or equal to 2 and the level of the theory r not equal = 2, 3, 4, 6 (and r not equal 10 for g = 2). In particular it follows that the quotient groups M-g/N(t(r)) by the normalizer of the r-th power of a Dehn twist t are infi nite if g greater than or equal to 3 and r not equal 2; 3; 4; 6; 8; 12.