A gauge-field approach to 3- and 4-manifold invariants
Broda, Bogusław
Banach Center Publications, Tome 38 (1997), p. 201-209 / Harvested from The Polish Digital Mathematics Library
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An approach to construction of topological invariants of the Reshetikhin-Turaev-Witten type of 3- and 4-dimensional manifolds in the framework of SU(2) Chern-Simons gauge theory and its hidden (quantum) gauge symmetry is presented.

Publié le : 1997-01-01
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Broda, Bogusław. A gauge-field approach to 3- and 4-manifold invariants. Banach Center Publications, Tome 38 (1997) pp. 201-209. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-bcpv39z1p201bwm/

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