A general state-sum construction of 2-dimensional topological quantum field theories with defects

DOI10.1142/S0218216517500146zbMath1364.81217arXiv1602.07999OpenAlexW2962714029MaRDI QIDQ2981807

G. Jardine, David N. Yetter, Gathoni Kamau-Devers

Publication date: 10 May 2017

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07999

zbMATH Keywords

defectstopological quantum field theoryflag-like triangulationstate-sum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Triangulating manifolds (57Q15) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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