2-d physics and 3-d topology

DOI10.1007/BF02104124zbMath0717.57007MaRDI QIDQ2638605

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitysupersymmetryfour-dimensional manifoldsframed oriented labeled linksInvariants of three-dimensional manifoldsMoore-Seiberg axioms for a Rational Conformal field theoryWitten's Chern-Simons path integrals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

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