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Invariants of tangles with flat connections in their complements

Quantum Algebra 2010-08-10 v1 Mathematical Physics Geometric Topology math.MP

Abstract

Let G be a simple complex algebraic group. By using a notion of a G-category we define invariants of tangles with flat G-connections in their complements. We also show that quantized universal enveloping algebras at roots of unity provide examples of G-categories.

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@article{arxiv.1008.1384,
  title  = {Invariants of tangles with flat connections in their complements},
  author = {R. Kashaev and N. Reshetikhin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1384},
  year   = {2010}
}

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26 pages, 20 figures. Eight years old paper