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A quantum obstruction to embedding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2001

CHARLES FROHMAN  and
JOANNA KANIA-BARTOSZYŃSKA
CHARLES FROHMAN
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, U.S.A. e-mail: [email protected]
JOANNA KANIA-BARTOSZYŃSKA
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, U.S.A. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

An invariant of a three-manifold with boundary is derived from topological quantum field theory. This invariant is then used as an obstruction to embedding one 3-manifold into another.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 131 , Issue 2 , September 2001 , pp. 279 - 293
Copyright
2001 Cambridge Philosophical Society

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