On 3-dimensional homotopy quantum field theory. I.

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Abstract: Given a discrete group G and a spherical G-fusion category whose neutral component has invertible dimension, we use the state-sum method to construct a 3-dimensional Homotopy Quantum Field Theory (HQFT) with target the Eilenberg-MacLane space K(G,1).


For a discrete group \(G\) and a spherical \(G\)-fusion category whose neutral component has invertible dimension (definition in Section 4.2), the paper under review constructs an HQFT invariant of homotopy classes of maps from a compact 3-manifold \((M,\partial M)\) to \(K(G,1)\) the Eilenberg-MacLane space of \(G\). For \(G=1\) these are the familiar Turaev-Viro TQFT invariants.NEWLINENEWLINEThe construction elegantly avoids the use of \(6j\)--symbols and allows non-generic skeletons of \(3\)--manifolds (skeletons with edges incident to \(\geq 4\) regions) in the spirit of [\textit{V. Turaev} and \textit{A. Virelizier}, ``On two approaches to 3-dimensional TQFTs, \url{arXiv:1006.3501}].




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