Integral bases for TQFT modules and unimodular representations of mapping class groups

Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 260-284

  Gilmer, Patrick M ^a   Masbaum, Gregor ^b   Van Wamelen, Paul ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE JUSSIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Integrality; Mapping class group; Tbpological quantum field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442476612     PISSN: 00102571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00014-004-0801-5     Document Type: Article

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