SWhat changed
Constructed a four-dimensional topological quantum field model relating observables to Donaldson and Floer structures.
Scientific scope
The record is Witten's sole-author 1988 Communications in Mathematical Physics paper. It is not Atiyah's later axiomatization, a claim about every TQFT, or a fully rigorous construction in every geometric and analytic setting.
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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Witten's sole-author 1988 Communications in Mathematical Physics paper. It is not Atiyah's later axiomatization, a claim about every TQFT, or a fully rigorous construction in every geometric and analytic setting.
Contributors
- Edward Witten · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Springer page for Witten topological quantum field theory
- Princeton publication record for Witten TQFT paper
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