Seminar: Topology dictates the algebra: an intro to TQFT
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025, 11:10 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: Lower Napier LG28
- Contact: Thomas Leistner
- Email: thomas.leistner@adelaide.edu.au
Topological quantum field theories originate in interactions between physics and mathematics that began in the 1980s.
We give a gentle introduction to them, show how low dimensional examples give rise to natural algebraic structures, and what more extended classification results look like.
Speaker:
- John Huerta (University of Lisbon/ANU)