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Invariants of Knots and 3-manifolds from Quantum Groupoids

Quantum Algebra 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We use categories of representations of finite dimensional quantum groupoids (weak Hopf algebras) to construct ribbon and modular categories that give rise to invariants of knots and 3-manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.math/0006078,
  title  = {Invariants of Knots and 3-manifolds from Quantum Groupoids},
  author = {Dmitri Nikshych and Vladimir Turaev and Leonid Vainerman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0006078},
  year   = {2007}
}

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30 pages, amslatex