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Reshetikhin-Turaev construction and $\mathrm{U}(1)^n$ Chern-Simons partition function

Mathematical Physics 2025-07-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

In this article, we show that the U(1)n\mathrm{U}(1)^n Chern-Simons partition functions are related to Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants. In this abelian context, it turns out that the Reshetikhin-Turaev construction that yields these invariants relies on a ``twisted" category rather than a modular one. Furthermore, the Chern-Simons duality of the U(1)n\mathrm{U}(1)^n partition functions straightforwardly extend to the corresponding Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants.

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@article{arxiv.2507.08587,
  title  = {Reshetikhin-Turaev construction and $\mathrm{U}(1)^n$ Chern-Simons partition function},
  author = {Michail Tagaris and Frank Thuillier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.08587},
  year   = {2025}
}

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14 pages

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