nLab Louis Kauffman

Selected writings

Lou Kauffman is an American topologist working in knot theory and its relationships with algebra, combinatorics and physics, specifically statistical mechanics, quantum theory.

He is based at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Selected writings

On knot theory related to physics/quantum field theory:

On the Crane-Yetter model 4d TQFT:

On topological quantum computation with anyons/braid group statistics (braid group representations):

On quantum computation and more generally on quantum systems:

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