GT seminar: "Applications of factorization homology in quantum algebra"

Abstract: Factorization homology allows us to integrate algebras over the little n-disks operad over n-dimensional manifolds. After giving a brief introduction to factorization homology, I will explain how factorization homology, in the case n=2, can be used to classify systems of representations of mapping class groups of surfaces called modular functors. The methods can be understood as a far-reaching generalization of skein theory. This is joint work with Adrien Brochier.

This is a seminar in our Geometry and Topology seminar series.