Topological quantum field theory with corners based on the Kauffman bracket

Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 216-243

  Gelca, Rǎzvan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Kauffman bracket; Topological quantum field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031446965     PISSN: 00102571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000140050013     Document Type: Article

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