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Extended Topological Gauge Theory

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Speaker(s): 
Derek Wise
Scientific Areas: 
Quantum Gravity
Collection/Series: 
Quantum Gravity
PIRSA Number: 
10020078

Abstract

"Extended" topological field theory generalizes ordinary TQFT to include spacetimes with boundary. Starting from a gauge theory of flat G-connections, and its boundary restriction, I will describe a plan for constructing an extended topological field theory, for any compact Lie group G. This is based on work-in-progress with Jeffrey Morton.