- Quantum Topology Project
http://www.math.vt.edu/quantum_topology/
The objective of the Project are to use topological quantum field theories to explore low-dimensional topological objects. The field theories to be used are combinatorially and algebraically defined, and the emphasis is on numerical computation and detection of counterexamples rather than general structure.
- Topological Quantum Field Theory, a Progress Report
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9511037
A brief introduction to Topological Quantum Field Theory as well as a description of recent progress made in the field is presented. I concentrate mainly on the connection between Chern-Simons gauge theory and Vassiliev invariants, and Donaldson theory and its generalizations and Seiberg-Witten invariants. Emphasis is made on the usefulness of these relations to obtain explicit expressions for topological invariants, and on the universal structure underlying both systems.
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