Verlinde 1988 / Moore-Seiberg 1989 / Reshetikhin-Turaev 1990. Modular-tensor-category encodes 2D-CFT data; gives 3-manifold invariants. Bridges rep theory + topology + physics.
Verlinde 1988 / Moore-Seiberg 1989 / Reshetikhin-Turaev 1990. Modular-tensor-category encodes 2D-CFT data; gives 3-manifold invariants. Bridges rep theory + topology + physics.