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Using the duality equations of Moore and Seiberg we define for every primary field in a Rational Conformal Field Theory a proper Markov trace and hence a knot invariant. Next we define two nested algebras and show, using results of Ocneanu, how the position of the smaller algebra in the larger one reproduces part of the duality data. A new method for constructing Rational Conformal Field Theories is proposed.
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de Boer, J., Goeree, J. Markov traces and II1 factors in conformal field theory. Commun.Math. Phys. 139, 267–304 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02352496
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