Kitaev's Lattice Model and Turaev-Viro TQFTs

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Authors Benjamin Balsam, Alexander Kirillov

Publication date 11 June 2012

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Hopf algebras and their applications (16T05)

Abstract: In this paper, we examine Kitaev's lattice model for an arbitrary complex, semisimple Hopf algebra. We prove that this model gives the same topological invariants as Turaev-Viro theory. Using the description of Turaev-Viro theory as an extended TQFT, we prove that the excited states of the Kitaev model correspond to Turaev-Viro theory on a surface with boundary.

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