State sum invariants of compact 3-manifolds with boundary and 6j-symbols

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/25/18/018zbMath0772.57023OpenAlexW2024112930MaRDI QIDQ4033612

Werner Müller, Robert Schrader, Michael Karowski

Publication date: 16 May 1993

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/25/18/018

zbMATH Keywords

invariants3-manifoldsquantized universal enveloping algebratopological quantum field theoryquantum \(6j\)-symbolsChern-Simons action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37)

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