Non-semisimple extended topological quantum field theories / Marco De Renzi.

Author/creator De Renzi, Marco, 1988-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoProvidence, RI : American Mathematical Society, 2022.
Descriptionxi, 161 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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SeriesMemoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 0065-9266 ; Volume 277, Number 1364 (fifth of 6 numbers)
Abstract "We develop the general theory for the construction of Extended Topological Quantum Field Theories (ETQFTs) associated with the Costantino-Geer-Patureau quantum invariants of closed 3-manifolds. In order to do so, we introduce relative modular categories, a class of ribbon categories which are modeled on representations of unrolled quantum groups, and which can be thought of as a non-semisimple analogue to modular categories. Our approach exploits a 2-categorical version of the universal construction introduced by Blanchet, Habegger, Masbaum, and Vogel. The 1+1+1-EQFTs thus obtained are realized by symmetric monoidal 2-functors which are defined over non-rigid 2-categories of admissible cobordisms decorated with colored ribbon graphs and cohomology classes, and which take values in 2- categories of complete graded linear categories. In particular, our construction extends the family of graded 2+1-TQFTs defined for the unrolled version of quantum sl2 by Blanchet, Costantino, Geer, and Patureau to a new family of graded ETQFTs. The non-semisimplicity of the theory is witnessed by the presence of non-semisimple graded linear categories associated with critical 1-manifolds"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 159-161).
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