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arxiv: 1901.10662 · v1 · pith:UC4GV4NNnew · submitted 2019-01-30 · 🧮 math-ph · cond-mat.other· hep-th· math.MP· quant-ph

Reflection Positivity and Levin-Wen Models

classification 🧮 math-ph cond-mat.otherhep-thmath.MPquant-ph
keywords positivityreflectionapproachlevin-wenmodelspropertyunderstandingalgebraic
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The reflection positivity property has played a central role in both mathematics and physics, as well as providing a crucial link between the two subjects. In a previous paper we gave a new geometric approach to understanding reflection positivity in terms of pictures. Here we give a transparent algebraic formulation of our pictorial approach. We use insights from this translation to establish the reflection positivity property for the fashionable Levin-Wen models with respect both to vacuum and to bulk excitations. We believe these methods will be useful for understanding a variety of other problems.

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