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On the groupoid of transformations of rigid structures on surfaces

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We prove that the groupoid of transformations of rigid structures on surfaces has a finite presentation as a 2-groupoid establishing a result first conjectured by G.Moore and N.Seiberg. An alternative proof was given by B.Bakalov and A.Kirillov Jr. We present some applications to TQFTs. This is also related to recent work on the Grothendieck-Teichmuller groupoid by P.Lochak, A.Hatcher and L.Schneps.

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@article{arxiv.math/9907022,
  title  = {On the groupoid of transformations of rigid structures on surfaces},
  author = {Louis Funar and Razvan Gelca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9907022},
  year   = {2007}
}

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38 pages, 35 eps figures