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The Kauffman bracket skein as an algebra of observables

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We prove that the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of a cylinder over a surface with boundary, defined over complex numbers, is isomorphic to the observables of an appropriate lattice gauge field theory.

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@article{arxiv.math/0010330,
  title  = {The Kauffman bracket skein as an algebra of observables},
  author = {D. Bullock and C. Frohman and J. Kania-Bartoszynska},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0010330},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, 5 eps files