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Crane-Yetter TFT, quantum groups and skein modules - I

Introductory Workshop: Higher Categories and Categorification February 10, 2020 - February 14, 2020

February 10, 2020 (02:00 PM PST - 03:00 PM PST)
Speaker(s): Pavel Safronov (University of Edinburgh)
Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium
Tags/Keywords

  • TFT

  • Quantum Groups

  • skein modules

Primary Mathematics Subject Classification
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Video

3-Safronov
Abstract

These lectures will serve as an introduction to a class of 4-dimensional topological field theories arising from ribbon categories. I will explain their relationship to the Crane-Yetter state sum, Chern-Simons theory, geometric Langlands program and skein modules.
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3-Safronov

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