Homotopy quantum field theory and quantum groups

The thesis is divided into two parts one for dimension 2 and the other for dimension 3. Part one (Chapter 3) of the thesis generalises the definition of an n-dimensional HQFT in terms of a monoidal functor from a rigid symmetric monoidal category X-Cobn to any monoidal category A. In particular, 2-d...

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Main Author: Gupta, Neha
Published: University of Warwick 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.541143