Computation of Lickorish's three manifold invariant using Chern-Simons theory

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-49

  Ramadevi, P ^a   Naik, Swatee ^b,c  

^a HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 0034357425     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050014     Document Type: Article

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