Three-manifold invariants from Chern-Simons field theory with arbitrary semi-simple gauge groups

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 295-314

  Kaul, Romesh K ^a   Ramadevi, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

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EID: 0035529877     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200000347     Document Type: Article

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