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A study of functorial knot theory. It discusses the key ideas in the discovery of monoidal categories of tangles as central objects in low-dimensional topology. The focus then turns to the deformation theory of monoidal categories and the related deformation theory of monoidal functors.
Functorial Knot Theory: Categories Of Tangles, Coherence, Categorical Deformations And Topological Invariants
Categories of Tangles, Coherence, Categorical Deformations, and Topological Invariants
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238 pages
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17 April 2001
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Summary
Almost since the advent of skein-theoretic invariants of knots and links (the Jones, HOMFLY and Kauffman polynomials), the important role of categories of tangles in the connection between low-dimensional topology and quantum-group theory has been recognized. The rich categorical structure naturally arising from the considerations of cobordisms have suggested functorial views of topological field theory. This book begins with a detailed exposition of the key ideas in the discovery of monoi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789810244439 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9810244436 |
| Author: | David N. Yetter |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd |
| Imprint: | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 238 |
| Release Date: | 17 April 2001 |
| Weight: | 458g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 155mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Series on Knots & Everything |
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