31 Dec
2009
31 Dec
'09
1:05 a.m.
John Baez wrote:
On the other hand, it's been known in theoretical physics ever since the work of Witten, Reshetihkin and Turaev that Chern-Simons theory can be described in a purely algebraic way using quantum groups!
Can you give me a clue as to how quantum groups enter since Chern-Simons theory can be described in a purely algebraic way for ordinary Lie groups do you mean just that Chern-Simons theory described in a purely algebraic way extends to quqantum groups? jim [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]