IVth OPORTO MEETINGon KNOT THEORY AND PHYSICS June 19th-22nd, 1995
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J. BAEZ | (Univ. California, USA): | Higher-dimensional Algebra and Topological Quantum field Theory |
A. CATTANEO | (Univ. Milan, Italy): | BF-Theories and topological invariants in 3 and 4 dimensions |
L. CRANE | (Kansas State Univ., USA): | Topological State sums for D = 3 and 4 & Topological Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity |
G. MASBAUM | (Univ. Paris VII, France): | Quantum 3-manifold Invariants and TQFT's from the Kauffman Bracket |
J.W. BARRETT | (Nottingham Univ., UK): | Quantum Gravity as a Topological Quantum Field Theory |
A. COSTA | (UNED, Madrid, Spain): | Embbedable Automorphisms of Riemann Surfaces |
T. FOXON | (Cambridge Univ., UK): | Spin networks, Turaev-Viro Theory and the loop representation |
E. RÊGO | (FCUP, Oporto): | Handlebody-Knots and the Generalised Dunce Hat |
José Mourão (Lisbon, IST): jmourao@ualg.pt
Roger Picken (Lisbon, IST): picken@math.ist.utl.pt
Eduardo Rêgo (Oporto, FCUP): jntavar@fc.up.pt
João Nuno Tavares (Oporto, FCUP): jntavar@fc.up.pt
Home page address: http://www.fisica.ist.utl.pt/~jmourao/om/om95b.html
Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e
Tecnológica
Centro de Matemática do Porto, Universidade do Porto
Centro de Matemática Aplicada, Instituto Superior Técnico
Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Projecto "Física Matemática" PRAXIS/2/2.1/MAT/19/94
Projecto "AGCQ" PBIC/C/MAT/2150/95