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Topological gravity in dimensions two and four

Quantum Algebra 2007-05-23 v1 Mathematical Physics Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology Category Theory Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

Recent work by physicists on gravity in two dimensions has a natural generalization to four dimensions, formulated in terms of an analogue of Segal's category [defined for the study of conformal field theory].

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@article{arxiv.math/9908006,
  title  = {Topological gravity in dimensions two and four},
  author = {Jack Morava},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9908006},
  year   = {2007}
}

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A talk at the 1999 Utrecht Conference on operads