On Jones' connections between subfactors, conformal field theory, Thompson's groups and knots
Operator Algebras
2020-03-11 v2 Mathematical Physics
Group Theory
History and Overview
math.MP
Abstract
Surprisingly Richard Thompson's groups have recently appeared in Jones' subfactor theory. Vaughan Jones is famous for linking theories that are a priori completely disconnected; for instance, his celebrated polynomial for links emanating from subfactor theory. This note is about a new beautiful story in mathematics which results from a fortunate accident in the land of quantum field theory.
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@article{arxiv.1912.07140,
title = {On Jones' connections between subfactors, conformal field theory, Thompson's groups and knots},
author = {Arnaud Brothier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.07140},
year = {2020}
}