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The spin refined Kauffman bracket skein module ofS 1×S 2 and lens spaces

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A method for computing spin refined skein modules of 3-manifolds from Heegaard splittings is described, and the spin refined skein modules of the lens spacesL(p, r) (includingL(0,1)=S 1×S 2) are computed explicitly.

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  1. Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu (UMR 9994 CNRS), Equipe ‘Théories Géométriques’, Université Paris VII, Case 7012, 2 pl. Jussieu, 75251, Paris Cedex 05, France

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Masbaum, G. The spin refined Kauffman bracket skein module ofS 1×S 2 and lens spaces. Manuscripta Math 91, 495–509 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02567969

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