Quantization of Teichmüller Spaces and the Quantum Dilogarithm

Letters in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-115

  Kashaev, R M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Mapping class groups; Quantization; Teichm ller spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001739291     PISSN: 03779017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007460128279     Document Type: Article

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