Abstract
In this paper we present the central ideas and results of a rigorous theory of the Chern–Simons functional integral. In particular, we show that it is possible to define the Wilson loop observables (WLOs) for pure Chern–Simons models with base manifold M = ℝ3 rigorously as infinite dimensional oscillatory integrals by exploiting an "axial gauge fixing" and applying certain regularization techniques like "loop-smearing" and "framing". The (values of the) WLOs can be computed explicitly. If the structure group G of the model is Abelian one obtains well-known linking number expressions for the WLOs. If G is Non-Abelian one obtains expressions which are similar but not identical to the state model representations for the Homfly and Kauffman polynomials given in [19, 21, 31].
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