Atiyah–Segal axioms

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The Atiyah–Segal axioms are a set of mathematical conditions that rigorously define topological quantum field theories as functorial assignments from geometric data to algebraic structures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf axiomatic framework ⓘ
definition of topological quantum field theory ⓘ
set of mathematical axioms ⓘ
appliesTo closed manifolds as inputs of the theory ⓘ
d-dimensional manifolds ⓘ
assigns linear map to each d-dimensional cobordism ⓘ
vector space to each closed (d−1)-manifold ⓘ
assumes finite-dimensional state spaces in the basic formulation ⓘ
characterizes topological quantum field theory as a symmetric monoidal functor ⓘ
clarifies relationship between geometry of manifolds and algebra of state spaces ⓘ
codomainOfFunctor category of Hilbert spaces ⓘ
category of vector spaces ⓘ
defines topological quantum field theory ⓘ
developedBy Graeme Segal ⓘ
Michael Atiyah ⓘ
domainOfFunctor category of d-dimensional cobordisms ⓘ
ensures invariance under diffeomorphisms ⓘ
topological invariance of correlation functions ⓘ
field category theory ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ
topology ⓘ
formalizes idea of quantum field theory as a functor from spacetime to state spaces ⓘ
generalizedBy Baez–Dolan cobordism hypothesis ⓘ
implies duality for orientation reversal ⓘ
functoriality with respect to composition of cobordisms ⓘ
monoidality with respect to disjoint union ⓘ
unit object corresponding to the empty manifold ⓘ
influenced development of topological invariants from quantum field theory ⓘ
mathematical study of quantum field theories ⓘ
inspired higher-categorical formulations of quantum field theory ⓘ
introducedBy Michael Atiyah ⓘ
motivatedBy path integral formulation of quantum field theory ⓘ
namedAfter Graeme Segal ⓘ
Michael Atiyah ⓘ
relatedTo extended topological quantum field theory ⓘ
functorial quantum field theory ⓘ
requires compatibility with composition of cobordisms ⓘ
compatibility with tensor product structure ⓘ
usedIn construction of 2-dimensional TQFTs from Frobenius algebras ⓘ
construction of 3-dimensional TQFTs from Chern–Simons theory ⓘ
usesConcept cobordism ⓘ
disjoint union ⓘ
functor ⓘ
gluing of manifolds ⓘ
oriented manifold ⓘ
symmetric monoidal category ⓘ

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topological quantum field theory → formalizedBy → Atiyah–Segal axioms ⓘ
Chern–Simons theory → relatedTo → Atiyah–Segal axioms for TQFT ⓘ
linked to: Atiyah–Segal axioms
Graeme Segal → notableFor → Segal’s axioms for conformal field theory ⓘ
linked to: Atiyah–Segal axioms