Surgery HQFT
Quantum Algebra
2013-03-07 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
Homotopy Quantum Field Theories (HQFTs) generalize more familiar Topological Quantum Field Theories (TQFTs). In generalization of the surgery construction of 3-dimensional TQFTs from modular categories, we use surgery to derive 3-dimensional HQFTs from G-modular categories.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1303.1331,
title = {Surgery HQFT},
author = {Vladimir Turaev and Alexis Virelizier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.1331},
year = {2013}
}