Homotopy Quantum Field Theories and the Homotopy Cobordism Category in Dimension 1+1
| dc.creator | Rodrigues, G. | |
| dc.date | 2001-05-02 | |
| dc.date | 2002-08-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:41:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:41:34Z | |
| dc.description | We define Homotopy quantum field theories (HQFT) as Topological quantum field theories (TQFT) for manifolds endowed with extra structure in the form of a map into some background space X. We also build the category of homotopy cobordisms HCobord(n,X) such that an HQFT is a functor from this category into a category of linear spaces. We then derive some very general properties of HCobord}(n,X), including the fact that it only depends on the (n+1)-homotopy type of X. We also prove that an HQFT with target space X and in dimension n+1 implies the existence of geometrical structures in X; in particular, flat gerbes make their appearance. We give a complete characterization of HCobord(n,X) for n=1 (or the 1+1 case) and X the Eilenberg-Maclane space K(G,2). In the final section we derive state sum models for these HQFT's. | |
| dc.description | 32 pages. Uses AMS-latex and xy-pic. Revised version: minor changes, correction of some typos, conclusions shortened. Proposition 1.3 corrected. To be published in Journal of Knot theory and its Ramifications | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0105018 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0105018 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/61412 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Algebra | |
| dc.subject | Algebraic Topology | |
| dc.subject | Category Theory | |
| dc.title | Homotopy Quantum Field Theories and the Homotopy Cobordism Category in Dimension 1+1 | |
| dc.type | text |