Non-semisimple TQFTs

Abstract: In this talk I will give a general overview of recent work on TQFTs from non-semisimple categories. The main goal of the talk is to give a hint of what is needed to extend the Witten–Reshetikhin–Turaev TQFT to the non-semisimple world.

mathematical physicsalgebraic topologycategory theoryquantum algebra

Audience: researchers in the topic

Topological Quantum Field Theory Club (IST, Lisbon)

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