Quantum field theory and the Jones polynomial

DOI10.1007/BF01217730zbMath0667.57005WikidataQ55868983 ScholiaQ55868983MaRDI QIDQ1117503

Edward Witten

Publication date: 1989

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

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theoryJones polynomialinvariants of three manifoldsnonabelian Chern-Simons actionsurgery presentationtwo dimensional conformal field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65)

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