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The Tambara-Yamagami categories and 3-manifold invariants

Quantum Algebra 2011-04-14 v2 Category Theory Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove that if two Tambara-Yamagami categories TY(A,\chi,\nu) and TY(A',\chi',\nu') give rise to the same state sum invariants of 3-manifolds and the order of one of the groups A, A' is odd, then \nu=\nu' and there is a group isomorphism A\approx A' carrying \chi to \chi'. The proof is based on an explicit computation of the state sum invariants for the lens spaces of type (k,1).

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@article{arxiv.1009.1798,
  title  = {The Tambara-Yamagami categories and 3-manifold invariants},
  author = {Vladimir Turaev and Leonid Vainerman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.1798},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

10 pages. In the second version the introduction has been considerably extended and the references updated