Singular TQFTs, foams and type D arc algebras
Geometric Topology
2019-11-05 v3 Quantum Algebra
Representation Theory
Abstract
We combinatorially describe the -category of singular cobordisms, called (rank one) foams, which governs the functorial version of Khovanov homology. As an application we topologically realize the type arc algebra using this singular cobordism construction.
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@article{arxiv.1611.07444,
title = {Singular TQFTs, foams and type D arc algebras},
author = {Michael Ehrig and Daniel Tubbenhauer and Arik Wilbert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.07444},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
52 pages, many colored figures, revised version, to appear in Doc. Math., comments welcome