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On the origin and development of subfactors and quantum topology

Author(s): Vaughan Jones
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 309-326.
MSC (2000): Primary 46L37; Secondary 46L54
Posted: January 28, 2009
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Abstract: We give an account of the beginning of subfactor theory and TQFT and some more recent developments.

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Vaughan Jones
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
Email: vfr@math.berkeley.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01244-0
PII: S 0273-0979(09)01244-0
Keywords: Subfactors, planar algebras, TQFT, knots, CFT, statistical mechanics
Received by editor(s): November 12, 2008
Posted: January 28, 2009
Additional Notes: Supported by NSF under Grant No. DMS-0401734, Auckland University and the NZIMA
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