Abstract

We investigate the Chung–Fukuma–Shapere theory, or Kuperberg theory, of three-dimensional lattice topological field theory. We construct a functor which satisfies Atiyah’s axioms of topological quantum field theory by reformulating the theory as a Turaev–Viro type state sum theory on a triangulated manifold. This corresponds to giving the Hilbert space structure to the original theory. The theory can be extended to give a topological invariant of manifolds with boundary.

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