Spherical 2-Categories and 4-Manifold Invariants

State sum invariants of 3-manifolds and quantum 6j-symbols

Vladimir G. Turaev, Oleg Viro · Topology · 1992 · 1.1K citations

Quantum Science, Topological Invariant, Representation Theory +1

Topological gauge theories and group cohomology

Robbert Dijkgraaf, Edward Witten · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1990 · 1.1K citations

Topological Gauge Theories, Quantum Field Theory, Gauge Theory +2

Ribbon graphs and their invaraints derived from quantum groups

Nicolai Reshetikhin, Vladimir G. Turaev · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1990 · 1.1K citations

Quantum Science, Representation Theory, Ribbon Graphs +3

P.L. Homeomorphic Manifolds are Equivalent by Elementary 5hellingst

Udo Pachner · European Journal of Combinatorics · 1991 · 344 citations

Homeomorphic Manifolds, Topological Property, Set-theoretic Topology +1

Invariants of piecewise-linear 3-manifolds

John W. Barrett, Bruce W. Westbury · Transactions of the American Mathematical Society · 1996 · 309 citations · Full text

Piecewise-linear 3-Manifolds, Hopf Algebra, Representation Theory +8