Topological quantum field theory and polynomial identities for graphs on the torus

We establish a relation between the trace evaluation in SO(3) topological quantum field theory and evaluations of a topological Tutte polynomial. As an application, a generalization of the Tutte golden identity is proved for graphs on the torus.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fendley, PR, Krushkal, V
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: European Mathematical Society Publishing House 2022