Subfactors and Mathematical Physics

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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