The cobordism hypothesis

2012/10/18 by Daniel S. Freed, Freed, Daniel S.
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic Topology (math.AT) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #hep-th #math-ph #math.AT #math.MP

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1210.5100

36 pages; v2 has a reference correction

arxiv created 2012/10/25 · arxiv updated 2012/10/26

Abstract

In this expository paper we introduce extended topological quantum field theories and the cobordism hypothesis.

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