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Abelian homotopy Dijkgraaf-Witten theory

Quantum Algebra 2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We construct a version of Dijkgraaf-Witten theory based on a compact abelian Lie group within the formalism of Turaev's homotopy quantum field theory. As an application we show that the 2+1-dimensional theory based on U(1) classifies lens spaces up to homotopy type.

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@article{arxiv.math/0410179,
  title  = {Abelian homotopy Dijkgraaf-Witten theory},
  author = {S. K. Hansen and J. K. Slingerland and P. R. Turner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0410179},
  year   = {2007}
}

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23 pages, 1 figure

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