Extended TQFTs and Algebraic Geometry

MaRDI QIDQ6353008zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Peter Banks

Publication date 4 November 2020

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Derived categories of sheaves, dg categories, and related constructions in algebraic geometry (14F08) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

Abstract: We study a potential method for constructing the Rozansky--Witten TQFT as an extended $(1+1+1)$-TQFT. We construct a $2$-category consisting of schemes, complexes of sheaves and sheaf morphisms and show that there are $(1+1)$-TQFTs valued in the truncation of this category which have state spaces that agree with the Rozansky--Witten TQFT. However, we also show that if such a TQFT is based on a reduced Noetherian scheme, it cannot be extended upwards to a $(1+1+1)$-TQFT.

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