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Algebras over not too little discs

Algebraic Topology 2026-02-04 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

By the introduction of locally constant prefactorization algebras at a fixed scale, we show a mathematical incarnation of the fact that observables at a given scale of a topological field theory propagate to every scale over euclidean spaces. The key is that these prefactorization algebras over Rn\mathbb{R}^n are equivalent to algebras over the little nn-disc operad. For topological field theories with defects, we get analogous results by replacing Rn\mathbb{R}^n with the spaces modelling corners Rp×R0q\mathbb{R}^p\times\mathbb{R}^{q}_{\geq 0}. As a toy example in 1d1d, we quantize, once more, constant Poisson structures.

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@article{arxiv.2407.18192,
  title  = {Algebras over not too little discs},
  author = {Damien Calaque and Victor Carmona},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.18192},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Comments are welcome! v3/v4: Accepted version in Communications in Mathematical Physics. v2: New proof strategy for the main theorem that avoids the use of an incorrect description of the hammock localization in the literature ([21] in v1). A version with closed discs and cubes has been added

R2 v1 2026-06-28T17:53:44.767Z