Quantum groups (Drinfeld-Jimbo)

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Drinfeld-Jimbo 1985 q-deformation U_q(g) of universal-enveloping algebra. Hopf-algebra structure. Reps form braided-tensor-category → knot-invariants (Jones / HOMFLY). Foundation of quantum-topology.

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