A diagrammatic presentation of the category 3Cob
Category Theory
2024-10-08 v5 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
A category equivalent to the category of 3-dimensional cobordisms is defined in terms of planar diagrams. The operation of composition in this category is completely described via these diagrams.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2302.06428,
title = {A diagrammatic presentation of the category 3Cob},
author = {Jovana Nikolic and Zoran Petric and Mladen Zekic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.06428},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
26 pages, some typos corrected