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Remark 5.7.3.<br />

• Given a modular tensor category C, the invariants can be explicitly computed. We find,<br />

e.g.<br />

τ(S 1 × S 2 ) = 1 τ(S 3 ) = D −1<br />

• One can consider invariants of a C-coloured link L in an arbitrary three-manifold M:<br />

They are topological as well.<br />

τ(M, L) ∈ K .<br />

In the special case M = S 3 , we find the link invariant<br />

τ(S 3 , L) = D −1 F C (L) .<br />

If one takes a modular category constructed from representations of a deformation of<br />

the universal enveloping algebra of the Lie algebra sl(2) and labels the link with the<br />

fundamental representation, one obtains the Jones polynomial from definition 5.3.8. This<br />

is shown by checking the Kauffman relations.<br />

• We can even construct an extended three-dimensional topological field theory. For modular<br />

tensor category extracted from deformed universal enveloping algebras U q (g) with<br />

g a semisimple complex Lie algebra, the theory obtained is closely related to threedimensional<br />

Chern-Simons gauge theories. This is, unfortunately, beyond the scope of<br />

these lectures.<br />

The following theorem relates the Turaev-Viro and the Reshetikhin-Turaev invariant:<br />

Theorem 5.7.4 (Balsam-Kirillov, Turaev-Virelizier).<br />

As extended three-dimensional topological field theories, the Turaev-Viro TFT based on a<br />

semisimple ribbon category C and the Reshetikhin-Turaev TFT based on its Drinfeld center<br />

Z(C) are isomorphic.<br />

Two independent proofs can be found in [BK1] and [TV].<br />

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