Crystal Theoretic Asymptotics of Quantum Affine Intertwiners in Derived Spin-Foam Cobordisms

Mathematical Applications of Science Fiction We construct a rigorous isomorphism between the crystal graph of the tensor product of integrable modules over thequantum affine algebra Uq (bsl2) and the combinatorial skeleton of spin-foam amplitudes in the limit q → 0. By elevating theBarrett-Crane model to the affine setting, we demonstrate that the Kashiwara operators ˜ei, ˜fi act as transition maps on themoduli space of framed 2-complexes. We prove that the partition function of the spin-foam model, when regularized via thecrystal basis, converges to a motivic integration over the Hilbert scheme of points on the boundary surface. Furthermore,we establish that the spectral gap of the area operator is preserved under the crystal limit, implying a discrete spectrumfor the horizon entropy. This framework utilizes the machinery of perverse sheaves to resolve singularities in the modulistack of flat connections, providing a non-perturbative definition of the path integral measur

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2025-12-31
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18102126
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Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
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Crystal Theoretic Asymptotics of Quantum Affine Intertwiners in Derived Spin-Foam Cobordisms

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
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Crystal Theoretic Asymptotics of Quantum Affine Intertwiners in Derived Spin-Foam Cobordisms

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Mathematical Applications of Science Fiction We construct a rigorous isomorphism between the crystal graph of the tensor product of integrable modules over thequantum affine algebra Uq (bsl2) and the combinatorial skeleton of spin-foam amplitudes in the limit q → 0. By elevating theBarrett-Crane model to the affine setting, we demonstrate that the Kashiwara operators ˜ei, ˜fi act as transition maps on themoduli space of framed 2-complexes. We prove that the partition function of the spin-foam model, when regularized via thecrystal basis, converges to a motivic integration over the Hilbert scheme of points on the boundary surface. Furthermore,we establish that the spectral gap of the area operator is preserved under the crystal limit, implying a discrete spectrumfor the horizon entropy. This framework utilizes the machinery of perverse sheaves to resolve singularities in the modulistack of flat connections, providing a non-perturbative definition of the path integral measur

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