On the spectrum of Dehn twists in quantum Teichmuller theory

The operator realizing a Dehn twist in quantum Teichmuller theory is diagonalized and continuous spectrum is obtained. This result is in agreement with the expected spectrum of conformal weights in quantum Liouville theory at c>1. The completeness condition of the eigenvectors includes the integration measure which appeared in the representation theoretic approach to quantum Liouville theory by Ponsot and Teschner. The underlying quantum group structure is also revealed.Comment: 13 pages,8 figures,LaTeX2

Delta-groupoids in knot theory

A Delta-groupoid is an algebraic structure which axiomitizes the combinatorics of a truncated tetrahedron. It is shown that there are relations of Delta-groupoids to rings, group pairs, and (ideal) triangulations of three-manifolds. In particular, one can associate a Delta-groupoid to ideal triangulations of knot complements. It is also possible to define a homology theory of Delta-groupoids. The constructions are illustrated by examples coming from knot theory.Comment: 24 pages, no figure

R-matrix knot invariants and triangulations

The construction of quantum knot invariants from solutions of the Yang--Baxter equation (R-matrices) is reviewed with the emphasis on a class of R-matrices admitting an interpretation in intrinsically three-dimensional terms.Comment: 13 pages, submitted to proceedings of the conference "Interactions Between Hyperbolic Geometry, Quantum Topology and Number Theory", June 2009, New Yor

Hyperbolic Structure Arising from a Knot Invariant

We study the knot invariant based on the quantum dilogarithm function. This invariant can be regarded as a non-compact analogue of Kashaev's invariant, or the colored Jones invariant, and is defined by an integral form. The 3-dimensional picture of our invariant originates from the pentagon identity of the quantum dilogarithm function, and we show that the hyperbolicity consistency conditions in gluing polyhedra arise naturally in the classical limit as the saddle point equation of our invariant.Comment: 30 pages, 18 figure

Functional Tetrahedron Equation

We describe a scheme of constructing classical integrable models in 2+1-dimensional discrete space-time, based on the functional tetrahedron equation - equation that makes manifest the symmetries of a model in local form. We construct a very general "block-matrix model" together with its algebro-geometric solutions, study its various particular cases, and also present a remarkably simple scheme of quantization for one of those cases.Comment: LaTeX, 16 page