The Chern-Simons theory and knot polynomials

DOI10.1007/BF02124336zbMath0681.57019MaRDI QIDQ1823516

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 1989

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

zbMATH Keywords

linkfunctional integral quantizationChern-Simons gauge theoryFeynman path integraldifferential equation for expectations of Wilson linesplat representationtwo-variable Jones polynomial

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• Two dimensional Yang-Mills theory via stochastic differential equations
• Vertex operators in the conformal field theory on \(\mathbb P^1\) and monodromy representations of the braid group
• Current algebras and Wess-Zumino model in two dimensions
• Quantum field theory and the Jones polynomial
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