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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1054457
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1054457 |
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5 February 1998
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topological quantum field theory
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conformal field theory
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open 3-manifolds
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Whitehead manifold
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cobordisms
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The author constructs a topological quantum field theory (TQFT) in dimension three from the 3-manifold invariants coming from the conformal field theory associated to a simple Lie algebra due to \textit{T. Kohno} in [Topology 31, No. 2, 203-230 (1992; Zbl 0762.57011) and Contemp. Math. 175, 193-217 (1994; Zbl 0823.57004)]. By regarding an open manifold as an infinite composition of cobordisms, the TQFT associates an inverse system of vector spaces whose limit is a topological invariant. Explicit computations are performed to study contractible open 3-manifolds which are not homeomorphic to Euclidean 3-space.
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