A simple model of 4d-TQFT

Publication date 22 November 2018

Abstract: We show that, associated with any complex root of unity

o m e g a

, there exists a particularly simple 4d-TQFT model

M_{o} m e g a

defined on the cobordism category of Delta complexes. For an oriented closed 4-manifold

X

of Euler characteristic

c h i (X)

, it is conjectured that the quantity

N^{3 c h i (X) / 2} M_{o} m e g a (X)

, where

N

is the order of

o m e g a

, takes only finitely many values as a function of

o m e g a

. In particular, it is equal to 1 for

S^{4}

,

l e f t (3 + (- 1)^{N} i g h t) / 2

for

S^{2} i m e s S^{2}

, and

N^{- 1 / 2} s u m_{k = 1}^{N} o m e g a^{k^{2}}

for

m a t h b b C P^{2}

.

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