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| Organizer(s) | Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Michael Pevzner |
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2025/05/13
14:30-15:15 Room #002 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.)
Matthew CELLOT (University of Lille (France))
Homotopy quantum field theories and 3-types (英語)
https://fj-lmi.cnrs.fr/seminars/
Matthew CELLOT (University of Lille (France))
Homotopy quantum field theories and 3-types (英語)
[ Abstract ]
Quantum topology is a field that came about in the 1980s following remarkable discoveries by Jones, Drinfeld and Witten, whose work dramatically renewed topology, in particular in low dimension. A fundamental notion in quantum topology is that of topological quantum field theory (TQFT) formulated by Witten and Atiyah. This notion originates in ideas from quantum physics and constitutes a framework that organizes certain topological invariants of manifolds, called quantum invariants, which are defined by means of quantum groups. Homotopy quantum field theories (HQFTs) are a generalization of TQFTs. The idea is to use TQFT techniques to study principal bundles over manifolds and, more generally, homotopy classes of maps from manifolds to a (fixed) topological space called the target.
Turaev and Virelizier have recently constructed 3-dimensional HQFTs (by state-sum) when the target space is aspherical (i.e. its n-th homotopy groups are trivial for n>1) and Sözer and Virelizier have constructed 3-dimensional HQFTs when the target space is a 2-type (i.e. its n-th homotopy groups are trivial for n>2). Using state sum techniques, Douglas and Reutter have constructed 4-dimensional TQFTs from spherical fusion 2-categories. In this talk, we combine both these approaches: we construct state sum 4-dimensional HQFTs with a 3-type target from fusion 2-categories graded by a 2-crossed module.
[ Reference URL ]Quantum topology is a field that came about in the 1980s following remarkable discoveries by Jones, Drinfeld and Witten, whose work dramatically renewed topology, in particular in low dimension. A fundamental notion in quantum topology is that of topological quantum field theory (TQFT) formulated by Witten and Atiyah. This notion originates in ideas from quantum physics and constitutes a framework that organizes certain topological invariants of manifolds, called quantum invariants, which are defined by means of quantum groups. Homotopy quantum field theories (HQFTs) are a generalization of TQFTs. The idea is to use TQFT techniques to study principal bundles over manifolds and, more generally, homotopy classes of maps from manifolds to a (fixed) topological space called the target.
Turaev and Virelizier have recently constructed 3-dimensional HQFTs (by state-sum) when the target space is aspherical (i.e. its n-th homotopy groups are trivial for n>1) and Sözer and Virelizier have constructed 3-dimensional HQFTs when the target space is a 2-type (i.e. its n-th homotopy groups are trivial for n>2). Using state sum techniques, Douglas and Reutter have constructed 4-dimensional TQFTs from spherical fusion 2-categories. In this talk, we combine both these approaches: we construct state sum 4-dimensional HQFTs with a 3-type target from fusion 2-categories graded by a 2-crossed module.
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