script L sign-structures for k-linear categories and the definition of a modular functor

Journal of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 208-228

  Tillmann, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041179654     PISSN: 00246107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/S0024610798006383     Document Type: Article

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