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Quantum supergroups and topological invariants of three - manifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

The Reshetikhin - Turaeve approach to topological invariants of three - manifolds is generalized to quantum supergroups. A general method for constructing three - manifold invariants is developed, which requires only the study of the eigenvalues of certain central elements of the quantum supergroup in irreducible representations. To illustrate how the method works, Uq(gl(21))U_q(gl(2|1)) at odd roots of unity is studied in detail, and the corresponding topological invariants are obtained.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9408177,
  title  = {Quantum supergroups and topological invariants of three - manifolds},
  author = {R. B. Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9408177},
  year   = {2009}
}

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22 pages