Mednykh's Formula via Lattice Topological Quantum Field Theories

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2007-03-05

arxiv.org/abs/math/0703073v3

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Quantum Algebra

11 pages, 6 figures. v3 clarifies the dicussion of the Frobenius-Schur indicators and improves the argument in the quaternioni

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Mednykh proved that for any finite group G and any orientable surface S, there is a formula for #Hom(pi_1(S), G) in terms of the Euler characteristic of S and the dimensions of the irreducible representations of G. A similar formula in the nonorientable case was proved by Frobenius and Schur. Both of these proofs use character theory and an explicit presentation for \pi_1. These results have been reproven using quantum field theory. Here we present a greatly simplified proof of these results which uses only elementary topology and combinatorics. The main tool is an elementary invariant of surfaces attached to a semisimple algebra called a lattice topological quantum field theory.

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