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Mathematics, Geometric Topology
Abstract:
The Kauffman bracket skein module $K(M)$ of a $3$-manifold $M$ is the
quotient of the $\mathbb{Q}(A)$-vector space spanned by isotopy classes of
links in $M$ by the Kauffman relations. A conjecture of Witten states that if
$M$ is closed then $K(M)$ is finite dimensional. We introduce a version of this
conjecture for manifolds with boundary and prove a stability property for
generic Dehn-filling of knots. As a result we provide the first hyperbolic
examples of the conjecture, proving that almost all Dehn-fillings of any
two-bridge knot satisfies the conjecture.
