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Knots in Washington XVI; Conference on Knot Theory and its Ramifications
May 5-7, 2003
University of Maryland
College Park, MD, USA

Organizers
Marta M. Asaeda (UMD), William M. Goldman (UMD), John J. Millson (UMD), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU)

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Topics from subfactor theory and TQFT
by
Marta M. Asaeda
University of Maryland, College Park

I will talk about the fusion algebras arising from orbifold systems of Uq(sl(n)) for q root of unity, especially about the fixed point resolution. These algebras are expected to play an important role in understanding quadratic (Hecke) skein modules of 3-dimensional manifolds, S3, \infty(M) = RL/(v-1L+ - vL- -zL0). The connection is very speculative but we can repeat after Joseph Conrad: "To follow the dream, and again to follow the dream- and so- always- usque ad finem..."

Date received: May 1, 2003

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