Topological BF theories in 3 and 4 dimensions

DOI10.1063/1.531238zbMath0848.57005arXivhep-th/9505027MaRDI QIDQ4871934

Jürg Fröhlich, Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Alberto Sergio Cattaneo, Mairizio Martellini

Publication date: 24 October 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9505027

zbMATH Keywords

knots; links; Kontsevich integrals; 2-knots; Alexander polynomials; HOMFLY polynomials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T99: Quantum field theory; related classical field theories

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