Quantum traces for $mathrm{SL}_n(mathbb{C})$: the case $n=3$

We generalize Bonahon and Wongs $mathrm{SL}_2(mathbb{C})$-quantum trace map to the setting of $mathrm{SL}_3(mathbb{C})$. More precisely, for each non-zero complex number $q$, we associate to every isotopy class of framed oriented links $K$ in a thickened punctured surface $mathfrak{S} times (0, 1)$ a Laurent polynomial $mathrm{Tr}_lambda^q(K) = mathrm{Tr}_lambda^q(K)(X_i^q)$ in $q$-deformations $X_i^q$ of the Fock-Goncharov coordinates $X_i$ for a higher Teichm{u}ller space, depending on the choice of an ideal triangulation $lambda$ of the surface $mathfrak{S}$. Along the way, we propose a definition for a $mathrm{SL}_n(mathbb{C})$-version of this invariant.