Evaluating TQFT invariants from \(G\)-crossed braided spherical fusion categories via Kirby diagrams with 3-handles

DOI10.4171/qt/183arXiv1810.05833OpenAlexW2896118612MaRDI QIDQ6190471

Manuel Bärenz

Publication date: 6 February 2024

Published in: Quantum Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.05833

zbMATH Keywords

Kirby diagramsfusion categorytopological quantum field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Finite-type and quantum invariants, topological quantum field theories (TQFT) (57K16) Fusion categories, modular tensor categories, modular functors (18M20) Braided monoidal categories and ribbon categories (18M15) Invariants of 4-manifolds (including Donaldson and Seiberg-Witten invariants) (57K41) String diagrams and graphical calculi (18M30)

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