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Homotopy field theory in dimension 2 and group-algebras
Vladimir Turaev
We apply the idea of a topological quantum field theory (TQFT) to maps from manifolds into topological spaces. This leads to a notion of a (d+1)-dimensional homotopy quantum field…
math.GT1999
Higher Skein Modules
Jorgen Ellegaard Andersen, Vladimir Turaev
We introduce higher skein modules of links generalizing the Conway skein module. We show that these modules are closely connected to the HOMFLY polynomial.