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Tensor Categories

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Quantum Groups

Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics ((GTM,volume 155))

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This is our first chapter on tensor categories. As will become apparent in the sequel, tensor categories form the right framework for representations of Hopf algebras as well as for the topological objects of Chapter X. They provide a bridge between quantum groups and knot theory.

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Kassel, C. (1995). Tensor Categories. In: Quantum Groups. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 155. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0783-2_11

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