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Invariants of three dimensional manifolds and of framed oriented labeled links in them are rigorously defined using any solution to the Moore-Seiberg axioms for a Rational Conformal field theory. These invariants are generalizations of Witten's Chern-Simons path integrals. Connections are explored with supersymmetry, four dimensional manifolds, and quantum gravity.
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Crane, L. 2-d physics and 3-d topology. Commun.Math. Phys. 135, 615–640 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02104124
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