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Planar algebras and Kuperberg's 3-manifold invariant

Quantum Algebra 2007-05-23 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

We recapture Kuperberg's numerical invariant of 3-manifolds associated to a semisimple and cosemisimple Hopf algebra through a `planar algebra construction'. A result of possibly independent interest, used during the proof, which relates duality in planar graphs and Hopf algebras, is the subject of a final section.

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@article{arxiv.math/0509302,
  title  = {Planar algebras and Kuperberg's 3-manifold invariant},
  author = {Vijay Kodiyalam and V. S. Sunder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0509302},
  year   = {2007}
}

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19 pages, 9 figures