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Cattaneo, A S; Cotta-Ramusino, P; Fröhlich, J; Martellini, M (1995). Topological BF theories in 3 and 4 dimensions. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 36(11):6137-6160.
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Abstract
In this paper we discuss topological BF theories in 3 and 4 dimensions. Observables are associated to ordinary knots and links (in 3 dimensions) and to 2-knots (in 4 dimensions). The vacuum expectation values of such observables give a wide range of invariants. Here we consider mainly the 3 dimensional case, where these invariants include Alexander polynomials, HOMFLY polynomials and Kontsevich integrals. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
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| Communities & Collections: | 07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Mathematics |
| DDC: | 510 Mathematics |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 1995 |
| Deposited On: | 27 Jan 2010 12:54 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2012 15:39 |
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| ISSN: | 0022-2488 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1063/1.531238 |
| WoS Citation Count: | 44 |
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