The two dimensional state sum models of Barrett and Tavares are extended to unoriented spacetimes. The input to the construction is an algebraic structure dubbed half twist algebras, a class of examples of which is real separable superalgebras with a continuous parameter. The construction generates pin-minus TQFTs, including the root invertible theory with partition function the Arf-Brown-Kervaire invariant. Decomposability, the stacking law, and Morita invariance of the construction are discussed
We introduce a systematic mathematical language for describing fixed point models and apply it to th...
State sum constructions, such as Kuperberg's algorithm, give partition functions of physical systems...
Various mathematical tools are developed with the aim of application in mathematical physics. In th...
The two dimensional state sum models of Barrett and Tavares are extended to unoriented spacetimes. T...
In this thesis I review the definition of topological quantum field theories through state sums on t...
We present a state sum construction of two-dimensional extended Topological Quantum Field Theories (...
We present a state sum construction of two-dimensional extended Topological Quantum Field Theories (...
We present a state sum construction of two-dimensional extended Topological Quantum Field Theories (...
In this thesis I review the definition of topological quantum field theories through state sums on t...
textA state sum is an expression approximating the partition function of a d-dimensional field theor...
textA state sum is an expression approximating the partition function of a d-dimensional field theor...
We propose a new type of state sum model for two-dimensional surfaces that takes into account topolo...
A family of invariants of smooth, oriented four-dimensional manifolds is defined via handle decompos...
A family of invariants of smooth, oriented four-dimensional manifolds is defined via handle decompos...
The state sum models in two dimensions introduced by Fukuma, Hosono and Kawai are generalised by all...
We introduce a systematic mathematical language for describing fixed point models and apply it to th...
State sum constructions, such as Kuperberg's algorithm, give partition functions of physical systems...
Various mathematical tools are developed with the aim of application in mathematical physics. In th...
The two dimensional state sum models of Barrett and Tavares are extended to unoriented spacetimes. T...
In this thesis I review the definition of topological quantum field theories through state sums on t...
We present a state sum construction of two-dimensional extended Topological Quantum Field Theories (...
We present a state sum construction of two-dimensional extended Topological Quantum Field Theories (...
We present a state sum construction of two-dimensional extended Topological Quantum Field Theories (...
In this thesis I review the definition of topological quantum field theories through state sums on t...
textA state sum is an expression approximating the partition function of a d-dimensional field theor...
textA state sum is an expression approximating the partition function of a d-dimensional field theor...
We propose a new type of state sum model for two-dimensional surfaces that takes into account topolo...
A family of invariants of smooth, oriented four-dimensional manifolds is defined via handle decompos...
A family of invariants of smooth, oriented four-dimensional manifolds is defined via handle decompos...
The state sum models in two dimensions introduced by Fukuma, Hosono and Kawai are generalised by all...
We introduce a systematic mathematical language for describing fixed point models and apply it to th...
State sum constructions, such as Kuperberg's algorithm, give partition functions of physical systems...
Various mathematical tools are developed with the aim of application in mathematical physics. In th...