Density of the SO(3) TQFT representation of mapping class groups
Geometric Topology
2009-11-10 v2 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We show that for an odd prime r > 3 and an integer g > 1, in the projective representation given by the SO(3) Witten-Chern-Simons theory at an rth root of unity, the image of the mapping class group of a surface of genus g is dense.
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@article{arxiv.math/0408161,
title = {Density of the SO(3) TQFT representation of mapping class groups},
author = {Michael Larsen and Zhenghan Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0408161},
year = {2009}
}
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22 pages