Generalized Abelian Turaev-Viro and \mathrm{U}\!\left(1\right) BF Theories

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Authors: Emil Høssjer, P. Mathieu, F. Thuillier 

Publication date: 17 February 2023

Abstract: We explain how it is possible to study $mathrmU!left(1ight)$ BF theory over a connected closed oriented smooth $3$-manifold in the formalism of path integral thanks to Deligne-Beilinson cohomology. We show how we can straightforwardly extend the definition to families of theories in any dimension. We extend then the definition of the Turaev-Viro invariant of a connected closed oriented smooth $3$-manifold in an Abelian framework to a family of invariants in any dimension. We show that those invariants can be written as discrete BF theories. We explain how the extensions of $mathrmU!left(1ight)$ BF theory we defined can be related to the extensions of Turaev-Viro invariant we constructed.

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