Document Type
Article
Article Version
Post-print
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
The notion of 2-framed three-manifolds is defined. The category of 2-framed cobordisms is described, and used to define a 2-framed three-dimensional TQFT. Using skeletonization and special features of this category, a small set of data and relations is given that suffice to construct a 2-framed three-dimensional TQFT. These data and relations are expressed in the language of surgery.
Publication Title
Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications
Repository Citation
Sawin, Stephen F., "Three-dimensional 2-framed TQFTS and surgery" (2004). Mathematics Faculty Publications. 21.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/mathandcomputerscience-facultypubs/21
Published Citation
Sawin, Stephen F. 2004. Three-dimensional 2-framed TQFTS and surgery. Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications 13 (7), 947-996.
DOI
10.1142/S0218216504003536
Peer Reviewed
Comments
Electronic version of an article published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, 13, 7, 2004, 947-996. DOI: 10.1142/S0218216504003536 © copyright World Scientific Publishing Company. http://www.worldscinet.com/jktr/jktr.shtml