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String-net model of Turaev-Viro invariants

arXiv:1106.6033

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the relation between the Turaev--Viro TQFT and the string-net space introduced in the papers of Levin and Wen. In particular, the case of surfaces with boundary is considered in detail.

27 pages, LaTeX with TikZ pictures