Classification and construction of unitary topological field theories in two dimensions

DOI10.1063/1.530752zbMath0831.57006arXivhep-th/9308043MaRDI QIDQ4327241

Bergfinnur Durhuus, Thórdur Jónsson

Publication date: 5 April 1995

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9308043

zbMATH Keywords

triangulated surfaces; Hermitian handle creation operator; unitary two-dimensional topological field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T40: Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics

83C47: Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory

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