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Selected writings

On the Verlinde formula for logarithmic CFTs:

• David Ridout, Simon Wood, The Verlinde formula in logarithmic CFT, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 597 012065 $[$arXiv:1409.0670, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/597/1/012065$]$

On involutive solutions to the quantum Yang-Baxter equation (yielding representations of symmetric groups):

• Gandalf Lechner, Ulrich Pennig, Simon Wood: Yang-Baxter representations of the infinite symmetric group, Adv. Math., Vol. 355 (2019) 106769 [arXiv:1707.00196, doi:10.1016/j.aim.2019.106769]

Survey of algebraic structures in 2d conformal field theory (vertex operator algebras, conformal blocks, modular fusion categories, modular functors, FRS theorem, string-net models):

• Jürgen Fuchs, Christoph Schweigert, Simon Wood, Yang Yang, Algebraic structures in two-dimensional conformal field theory, Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics 2nd ed [arXiv:2305.02773]

On star-autonomous categories with an eye towards apication in 2d CFT (to representations of vertex operator algebras and their bimodules):

• Jürgen Fuchs, Gregor Schaumann, Christoph Schweigert, Simon Wood, Grothendieck-Verdier duality in categories of bimodules and weak module functors [arXiv:2306.17668]

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