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A general state-sum construction of 2-dimensional topological quantum field theories with defects

Gathoni Kamau-Devers·Gail Jardine·David Yetter
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We derive the general state sum construction for 2D topological quantum field theories (TQFTs) with source defects on oriented curves, extending the state-sum construction from special symmetric Frobenius algebra for 2-D TQFTs without defects (cf. Lauda \& Pfeiffer \cite{LP}). From the extended Pachner moves (Crane \& Yetter \cite{CY}), we derive equations that we subsequently translate into string diagrams so that we can easily observe their properties. As in Dougherty, Park and Yetter \cite{DPY}, we require that triangulations be flag-like, meaning that each simplex of the triangulation is either disjoint from the defect curve, or intersects it in a closed face, and that the extended Pachner moves preserve flag-likeness. This research was conducted under the mentorship of Prof. David Yetter at Kansas State University with the support of NSF grant DMS-1262877.

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Gathoni Kamau-Devers, Gail Jardine, David Yetter. 2016-02-25. A general state-sum construction of 2-dimensional topological quantum field theories with defects. https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07999

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