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Framed combinatorial topology is a novel theory describing combinatorial phenomena arising at the intersection of stratified topology, singularity theory, and higher algebra. The theory synthesizes elements of classical combinatorial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-12-30 Christoph Dorn , Christopher L. Douglas

Topologically ordered systems are characterized by topological invariants that are often calculated from the momentum space integration of a certain function that represents the curvature of the many-body state. The curvature function may…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-21 Wei Chen

We consider a deformation of the BF theory in any dimension by means of the antifield BRST formalism. Possible consistent interaction terms for the action and the gauge symmetries are analyzed and we find a new class of topological gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-05-28 Noriaki Ikeda

Topological phases of matter are described universally by topological field theories in the same way that symmetry-breaking phases of matter are described by Landau-Ginzburg field theories. We propose that topological insulators in two and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-17 Gil Young Cho , Joel E. Moore

This paper provides an informal sketch of a proof of the Baez-Dolan cobordism hypothesis, which provides a classification for extended topological quantum field theories.

Category Theory · Mathematics 2009-05-05 Jacob Lurie

Transformation coefficients between standard bases for irreducible representations of the Brauer centralizer algebra $\mathfrak{B}_f(x)$ and split bases adapted to the $\mathfrak{B}_{f_1} (x) \times \mathfrak{B}_{f_2} (x) \subset…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Vincenzo Chilla

We show that the topological massive BF theories can be written as a pure BF term through field redefinitions. The fields are rewritten as power expansion series in the inverse of the mass parameter $m$. We also give a cohomological…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 R. R. Landim

In this paper, concepts of (topological) FS-approximation spaces are introduced. Representations of FS-domains and BF-domains via (topological) FS-approximation spaces are considered. It is proved that the collection of CF-closed sets in an…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-08 Guojun Wu , Luoshan Xu

BF theory is a topological field theory that appears in different parts of theoretical physics and one of its important uses is in lower dimensional holography settings. While it can be defined as a dimensional reduction of 3D CS theory, it…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-26 Cagdas Ulus Agca

The richness of many complex systems stems from the interactions among their components. The higher-order nature of these interactions, involving many units at once, and their temporal dynamics constitute crucial properties that shape the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-07-29 Marco Mancastroppa , Iacopo Iacopini , Giovanni Petri , Alain Barrat

Topology identification and inference of processes evolving over graphs arise in timely applications involving brain, transportation, financial, power, as well as social and information networks. This chapter provides an overview of graph…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Gonzalo Mateos , Yanning Shen , Georgios B. Giannakis , Ananthram Swami

In this article, we investigate the cobordism maps on periodic Floer homology (PFH). In the first part of the paper, we define the cobordism maps on PFH via Seiberg Witten theory as well as the isomorphism between PFH and Seiberg Witten…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-01-24 Guanheng Chen

The $f(T)$ gravity is one of the extensions of teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, in which more general functions of the torsion scalar $T$ can be described. With the proposed functional form of $f(T) = \alpha T - \beta u^{-n} +…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-14 Suraj Kumar Behera , S. A. Kadam , Pratik P. Ray , B. Mishra

We present a class of mappings between models with topological mass mechanism and purely topological models in arbitrary dimensions. These mappings are established by directly mapping the fields of one model in terms of the fields of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 R. L. P. G. Amaral , O. S. Ventura , L. O. Buffon , J V Costa

We treat the problem of characterizing in a systematic way the qualitative features of two-dimensional dynamical systems. To that end, we construct a representation of the topological features of phase portraits by means of diagrams that…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2018-06-29 Javier Roulet , Gabriel B. Mindlin

Fractional revival occurs between two vertices in a graph if a continuous-time quantum walk unitarily maps the characteristic vector of one vertex to a superposition of the characteristic vectors of the two vertices. This phenomenon is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Ada Chan , Gabriel Coutinho , Christino Tamon , Luc Vinet , Hanmeng Zhan

Action principles of the BF type for diffeomorphism invariant topological field theories living in n-dimensional spacetime manifolds are presented. Their construction is inspired by Cuesta and Montesinos' recent paper where Cartan's first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-07 Vladimir Cuesta , Merced Montesinos , Mercedes Velazquez , Jose David Vergara

We review old and new uses of exchangeability, emphasizing the general theme of exchangeable representations of complex random structures. Illustrations of this theme include processes of stochastic coalescence and fragmentation; continuum…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-02-22 David J. Aldous

In this work we perform the Hamilton-Jacobi constraint analysis of the four dimensional Background Field (BF) model with cosmological term. We obtain the complete set of involutive Hamiltonians that guarantee the integrability of the system…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-06 G. B. de Gracia , B. M. Pimentel , C. E. Valcárcel

We argue that Josephson junction networks may be engineered to allow for the emergence of new and robust quantum coherent states. We provide a rather intuitive argument showing how the change in topology may affect the quantum properties of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Giusiano , F. P. Mancini , P. Sodano , A. Trombettoni