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The equality of 3-manifold invariants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

John W. Barrett
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD
Bruce W. Westbury
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD

Abstract

The invariants of 3-manifolds defined by Kuperberg for involutory Hopf algebras and those defined by the authors for spherical Hopf algebras are the same for Hopf algebras on which they are both defined.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1995

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