REVIEW 2 cited by
A universal state sum
Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.
This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.
SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event
T0 review · schema-true
One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.
pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp
Signed reviews
read the original abstract
We define a universal state sum construction which specializes to most previously known state sums (Turaev-Viro, Dijkgraaf-Witten, Crane-Yetter, Douglas-Reutter, Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev surgery formula, Brown-Arf). The input data for the state sum is an n-category satisfying various conditions, including finiteness, semisimplicity and n-pivotality. From this n-category one constructs an n+1-dimensional TQFT, and applying the TQFT gluing rules to a handle decomposition of an n+1-manifold produces the state sum.
Forward citations
Cited by 2 Pith papers
-
On the Higher Categorical Structure of Topological Defects in Quantum Field Theories
Categories of topological defects with arbitrary tangential structures are proposed to be structured higher dagger categories, proven for stable structures admitting direct sums under the stratified cobordism hypothesis.
-
Orthonormal bases for higher Hilbert spaces
For finite-dimensional 3-Hilbert spaces, orthonormal bases exist uniquely up to contractible choice, and the Yoneda embedding into the presheaf 3-Hilbert space is an isometric equivalence.
Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.