Naturality of ${\rm SL}_n$ quantum trace maps for surfaces
Naturality of ${\rm SL}_n$ quantum trace maps for surfaces
The ${\rm SL}_n$-skein algebra of a punctured surface $\mathfrak{S}$, studied by Sikora, is an algebra generated by isotopy classes of $n$-webs living in the thickened surface $\mathfrak{S} \times (-1,1)$, where an $n$-web is a union of framed links and framed oriented $n$-valent graphs satisfying certain conditions. For each ideal triangulation …