Speaker : | Jin-Cheng Guu (Stony Brook University) |
Title : | TQFT and invariants of manifolds and algebras |
Time : | 2023-02-03 (Fri) 11:00 - 12:00 |
Place : | Seminar Room 638, Institute of Mathematics (NTU Campus) |
Abstract: | We will provide a crash course of topological quantum field theory, explain how it produces interesting invariants for both spaces and algebras, and provide a few examples. If time permits, I will talk about my work on categorical invariants from the Crane-Yetter model. |