Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications · 2001 · 47 citations · 10 references
Natural SciencesMathematicsPhysicsAlgebraQuantum MechanicsRepresentation TheoryAbstract AlgebraGroup TheoryQuantum Field TheoryIrreducibilityIrreducible RepresentationsMapping Class GroupsQuantum GroupsReduction Of Representations
The SU(2) TQFT representation of the mapping class group of a closed surface of genus g, at a root of unity of prime order, is shown to be irreducible. Some examples of reducible representations are also given.
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Skein theory and Turaev-Viro invariants
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