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String-Net Construction of RCFT Correlators

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The main topic of this book is a novel construction of the correlators of two-dimensional rational conformal field theories on arbitrary world sheets, allowing in particular for physical boundaries as well as for defects and general defect junctions.

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  1. Theoretical Physics, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden

    Jürgen Fuchs

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Christoph Schweigert & Yang Yang

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Fuchs, J., Schweigert, C., Yang, Y. (2022). Introduction. In: String-Net Construction of RCFT Correlators. SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14682-4_1

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