%0 Journal Article
%T String-net model of Turaev-Viro invariants
%A Alexander Kirillov Jr
%J Mathematics
%D 2011
%I arXiv
%X In this paper, we describe the relation between the Turaev--Viro TQFT and the string-net space introduced in the papers of Levin and Wen. In particular, the case of surfaces with boundary is considered in detail.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.6033v1