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Factorization Homology and 4D TQFT

Quantum Algebra 2022-11-01 v2 Category Theory

Abstract

In [BK], it is shown that the Turaev-Viro invariants defined for a spherical fusion category A\mathcal{A} extends to invariants of 3-manifolds with corners. In [Kir], an equivalent formulation for the 2-1 part of the theory (2-manifolds with boundary) is described using the space of "stringnets with boundary conditions" as the vector spaces associated to 2-manifolds with boundary. Here we construct a similar theory for the 3-2 part of the 4-3-2 theory in [CY1993].

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@article{arxiv.2002.08571,
  title  = {Factorization Homology and 4D TQFT},
  author = {Alexander Kirillov and Ying Hong Tham},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.08571},
  year   = {2022}
}

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34 pages

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