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Subfactors and mathematical physics
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by David E. Evans and Yasuyuki Kawahigashi
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 60 (2023), 459-482
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1799
Published electronically: June 1, 2023

Abstract:

This paper surveys the long-standing connections and impact between Vaughan Jones’s theory of subfactors and various topics in mathematical physics, namely statistical mechanics, quantum field theory, quantum information, and two-dimensional conformal field theory.
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Bibliographic Information
  • David E. Evans
  • Affiliation: School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF24 4AG, Wales, United Kingdom
  • MR Author ID: 64435
  • Email: EvansDE@cardiff.ac.uk
  • Yasuyuki Kawahigashi
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Tokyo, 153-8914, Japan
  • MR Author ID: 289166
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-7196-3416
  • Email: yasuyuki@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • Received by editor(s): January 1, 2900
  • Published electronically: June 1, 2023
  • Additional Notes: The second author was partially supported by JST CREST program JPMJCR18T6 and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 19H00640 and 19K21832.

  • Dedicated: This paper is dedicated to the memory of Vaughan Jones
  • © Copyright 2023 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 60 (2023), 459-482
  • MSC (2020): Primary 46L37; Secondary 17B69, 81R10, 81T05, 81T40, 82B20, 82B23
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1799
  • MathSciNet review: 4642115