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Extended TQFTs and Algebraic Geometry

Quantum Algebra 2020-11-05 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We study a potential method for constructing the Rozansky--Witten TQFT as an extended (1+1+1)(1+1+1)-TQFT. We construct a 22-category consisting of schemes, complexes of sheaves and sheaf morphisms and show that there are (1+1)(1+1)-TQFTs valued in the truncation of this category which have state spaces that agree with the Rozansky--Witten TQFT. However, we also show that if such a TQFT is based on a reduced Noetherian scheme, it cannot be extended upwards to a (1+1+1)(1+1+1)-TQFT.

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@article{arxiv.2011.02394,
  title  = {Extended TQFTs and Algebraic Geometry},
  author = {Peter Banks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.02394},
  year   = {2020}
}

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35 pages, 1 figure

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