21–23 oct. 2015
Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse
Fuseau horaire Europe/Paris
21-23 Octobre 2015, Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse

(Op)lax natural transformations for higher categories, relative quantum field theories, and the "even higher" Morita category

23 oct. 2015, 11:40
50m
Amphi Schwartz, bat. 1R3 (Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse)

Amphi Schwartz, bat. 1R3

Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse

118 Route de Narbonne 31068 Toulouse
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Orateur

Dr Claudia Scheimbauer (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn)

Description

A relative (also called twisted) quantum field theory should be some transformation between quantum field theories, which themselves are symmetric monoidal functors out of a space-time category. In examples, the notion of natural transformation turns out to be too strong, making it necessary to relax it. In joint work with Theo Johson-Freyd we provide a framework for both lax and oplax transformations and their higher analogs, known as transfors, between strong $(\infty, n)$-functors. It is given by a double $(\infty,n)$-category built out of the target $(\infty, n)$-category that we call its (op)lax square, which governs the desired diagrammatics. Lax or oplax transfors then are functors into parts of the oplax square. Finally, I will explain how to use the (op)lax square to extend the construction of the higher Morita category of $E_d$-algebras in an $(\infty,n)$-category $\mathcal C$ to an even higher level using the higher morphisms of $\mathcal C$.

Auteur principal

Dr Claudia Scheimbauer (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn)

Co-auteur

Dr Theo Johnson-Freyd (Northwestern)

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