Quantum Obstruction Theory
Charles Frohman, Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska
math.GTarXiv:math/9903050
Abstract
We use topological quantum field theory to derive an invariant of a three-manifold with boundary. We then show how to use this invariant as an obstruction to embedding one three-manifold in another.
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