State sum construction of two-dimensional open-closed topological quantum field theories

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1121-1163

  Lauda, Aaron D ^a   Pfeiffer, Hendryk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 dimensional extended TQFT; Frobenius algebra; Open closed TQFT; Pachner move; State sum

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849091314     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216507005725     Document Type: Article

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