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p-Modular TQFT's and Torsion

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We give an overview over several constructions of TQFT's over finite fields and cyclotomic integers and their applications to characterizing 3-manifolds and their fundamental groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0110007,
  title  = {p-Modular TQFT's and Torsion},
  author = {Thomas Kerler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0110007},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Slides of talk presented at the RIMS workshop "Invariants of knots and 3-manifolds". 20 pages, 8 figures