2006/05/25 by Ernesto Lupercio, Lupercio, Ernesto, Bernardo Uribe +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Algebraic Topology (math.AT) #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0605255
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In this expository paper written for physicists and geometers we introduce the notions of TQFT and of orbifold. Then we survey the construction of TQFT's originating from orbifolds such as Chen-Ruan theory and Orbifold String Topology.