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2-pro-object
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-pro-object
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### 2-Category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include 2-category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- # Contents * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea In the context of [[2-category theory]], the concept of a **2-pro-object** is the [[cat...
2-pullback
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-pullback
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### 2-category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include 2-category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- # $2$-pullbacks * table of contents {: toc} An ordinary [[pullback]] is a [[limit]] over a [[diagram]] of the form $A \to C \leftarrow B$. ...
2-representation
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-representation
[[!redirects 2-representations]] +-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Representation theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include representation theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea A _2-representation_ of a [[2-group]] $G$ is a...
2-rig
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-rig
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Higher algebra +--{: .hide} [[!include higher algebra - contents]] =-- =-- =-- # $2$-rigs * table of contents {: toc} ## Idea The notion of _$2$-rig_ is supposed to be a [[categorification]] of that of a [[rig]]. Sever...
2-sheaf
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-sheaf
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Locality and descent +--{: .hide} [[!include descent and locality - contents]] =-- #### $(\infty,2)$-Topos theory +--{: .hide} [[!include (infinity,2)-topos theory - contents]] =-- #### 2-Category theory +--{: .hide} [[!includ...
2-site
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-site
This entry is about the notion of [[site]] in [[2-category]] theory. For the notion "bisite" of a 1-categorical site equipped with two coverages see instead [[separated presheaf]]. +-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $(\infty,2)$-Topos theory +--{: .hide} [[!include ...
2-spectral triple
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-spectral+triple
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Noncommutative geometry +--{: .hide} [[!include noncommutative geometry - contents]] =-- #### Functorial quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * tab...
2-topos
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-topos
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $(\infty,2)$-Topos theory +--{: .hide} [[!include (infinity,2)-topos theory - contents]] =-- #### 2-Category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include 2-category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc}...
2-topos theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-topos+theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### 2-Category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include 2-category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea The theory of [[2-topos]]es, generalizing [[topos theory]] from [[category theory]] to [[2-category theor...
2-trivial model structure
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-trivial+model+structure
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Model category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include model category theory - contents]] =-- #### 2-Category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include 2-category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ##...
2-type > history
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-type+%3E+history
< [[2-type]] [[!redirects 2-type -- history]]
2-type theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-type+theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Type theory +--{: .hide} [[!include type theory - contents]] =-- #### 2-category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include 2-category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea As [[type theor...
2-vector bundle
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-vector+bundle
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Bundles +-- {: .hide} [[!include bundles - contents]] =-- #### Cohomology +--{: .hide} [[!include cohomology - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea A _2-module bundle_ / _2-vector bun...
2-vector space
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2-vector+space
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Higher algebra +--{: .hide} [[!include higher algebra - contents]] =-- #### Higher category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include higher category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Content# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea ...
2008 changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2008+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during 2008. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. For past versions of this page beyond its own history, start [here](http://ncatlab.org/nlab/re...
2009 April changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2009+April+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during April 2009. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. For past versions of this page beyond its own history, start [here](http://nca...
2009 August changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2009+August+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during August 2009. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. *** ## 2009-08-31 * [[Urs Schreiber]] * made [[infinitesimal space]] and [[infin...
2009 February changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2009+February+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during February 2009. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. For past versions of this page beyond its own history, start [here](http://ncatlab.or...
2009 January changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2009+January+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during January 2009. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. For past versions of this page beyond its own history, start [here](http://ncatlab.org...
2009 July changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2009+July+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during July 2009. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. *** ## 2009-07-31 * [[Mike Shulman]] fixed a mistake at [[axiom of foundation]]. * ...
2009 June changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2009+June+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during June 2009. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. *** # 2009-06-30 # * [[Urs Schreiber|Urs]] * created [[Eilenberg-MacLane object]] ...
2009 March changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2009+March+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during March 2009. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. For past versions of this page beyond its own history, start [here](http://ncatlab.org/n...
2009 May changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2009+May+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during May 2009. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. For past versions of this page beyond its own history, start [here](http://ncatlab.org/nla...
2009 September changes
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2009+September+changes
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Archive +-- {: .hide} [[!include all changes]] =-- =-- =-- Archive of changes made during September 2009. The substantive content of this page should **not** be altered. The announcement of the change to [the Forum](http://www.math.ntnu.no/~s...
24
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/24
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Arithmetic +--{: .hide} [[!include arithmetic geometry - contents]] =-- #### Exceptional structures +-- {: .hide} [[!include exceptional structures -- contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## ...
24 branes transverse to K3
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/24+branes+transverse+to+K3
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### String theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include string theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea Several classes of [[string theory vacua]] require the presence of exactly [[24]] [[branes]]...
24-cell
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/24-cell
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Context #### Group Theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include group theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea ...one of the [[regular polytopes]] in [[dimension]] 4... ...hence a higher dimensional analo...
2Cat
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2Cat
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### 2-Category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include 2-category theory - contents]] =-- #### Higher category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include higher category theory - contents]] =-- #### [[categories of categories - contents|categories of categories]] +...
2d Chern-Simons theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2d+Chern-Simons+theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $\infty$-Chern-Simons theory +--{: .hide} [[!include infinity-Chern-Simons theory - contents]] =-- #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### Physics +--{: .hide} [[!include physi...
2d quantum gravity
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2d+quantum+gravity
#Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea In the very low number of just 2 dimensions, [[quantum gravity]] is comparatively trivial and can be completely understood. While trivial as a theory of [[quantum gravity]] on a 2d spacetime, when that spacetime is regarded instead as the [[worldsheet]] of a string, then...
2d SCFT
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2d+SCFT
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### String theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include string theory - contents]] =-- #### Super-Geometry +--{: .hide} [[!include supergeometry...
2d TQFT
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2d+TQFT
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Context #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### Physics +-- {: .hide} [[!include physicscontents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea A _2-dim...
2d TQFT -- table
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2d+TQFT+--+table
| [[2d TQFT]] ("[[TCFT]]") | [[coefficients]] | [[algebra]] structure on [[space of quantum states]] | | |-------------|-------------|--------------------|--------| | [[open string|open]] [[topological string]] | [[Vect]]${}_k$ | [[Frobenius algebra]] $A$ | [[folklore]]+([Abrams 96](2d+TQFT#Abrams96)) | | [[open ...
2d Wess-Zumino-Witten theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2d+Wess-Zumino-Witten+theory
* [[WZW model]] ## Related concepts * [[2d Chern-Simons theory]]
2Mod
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2Mod
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Higher algebra +--{: .hide} [[!include higher algebra - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea The [[2-category]] of [[2-modules]]/[[2-vector spaces]]. Fix some [[commutative ring]] or more generally an [[...
2T relation
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/2T+relation
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Context #### Knot theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include knot theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea In [[knot theory]] the _2-term relations_ on [[horizontal chord diagrams]] are the following [[rel...
3-brane in 6d
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-brane+in+6d
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### String theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include string theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea There is supposed to be a $(p=3)$-[[brane]] in 6-dimensional [[supersymmetry|super]]-[[spaceti...
3-category
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-category
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Higher category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include higher category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea A $3$-category is any of several concepts that generalize $2$-[[2-category|categories]] one ste...
3-category of fermionic conformal nets
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-category+of+fermionic+conformal+nets
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Super-Algebra and Super-Geometry +--{: .hide} [[!include supergeometry - contents]] =-- #### AQFT +--{: .hide} [[!include AQFT and operator algebra contents]] =-- #### String theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include string theory - con...
3-category with contravariance
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-category+with+contravariance
# 3-categories with contravariance * table of contents {: toc} ## Idea A *3-category with contravariance* is a [[categorification]] of a [[2-category with contravariance]]. It is an abstract structure that generalizes the structure present on the collection of [[2-categories]] and all four sorts of [[contravariant ...
3-group
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-group
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Group Theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include group theory - contents]] =-- #### $(\infty,1)$-Category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include quasi-category theory contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Definit...
3-groupoid
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-groupoid
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Higher category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include higher category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea The notion of **3-groupoid** is the next higher generalization in [[higher...
3-groupoid of Lie 3-algebra valued forms
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-groupoid+of+Lie+3-algebra+valued+forms
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $\infty$-Lie theory +--{: .hide} [[!include infinity-Lie theory - contents]] =-- #### $\infty$-Chern-Weil theory +--{: .hide} [[!include infinity-Chern-Weil theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents...
3-manifold
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-manifold
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Manifolds and cobordisms +--{: .hide} [[!include manifolds and cobordisms - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea A _3-manifold_ is a [[manifold]] of [[dimension]] 3. (Our default meaning...
3-morphism
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-morphism
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Higher category theory +--{: .hide} [[!include higher category theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- * [[object]] * [[morphism]] * [[2-morphism]] * **3-morphism** * [[k-morphism]] *** #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Definition A...
3-poset
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-poset
A $3$-poset is any of several concepts that generalize $2$-[[2-poset|posets]] one step in [[higher category theory]]. One does not usually here about $3$-posets by themselves but instead as special cases of $3$-[[3-category|categories]]. $3$-posets can also be called $(2,3)$-[[(n,r)-category|categories]]. The concept...
3-sphere
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-sphere
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Spheres +--{: .hide} [[!include spheres -- contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea The $n$-[[sphere]] for $n = 3$. ## Properties ### Isomorphisms The underlying manifold of the [[s...
3-strand-braid-1-SVG
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-strand-braid-1-SVG
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3-theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3-theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Type theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include type theory - contents]] =-- #### Higher algebra +--{: .hide} [[!include higher algebra - contents]] =-- =-- =-- * table of contents {: toc} ## Idea In the context of an accoun...
3d Calabi-Yau object
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3d+Calabi-Yau+object
#Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea A [[Calabi-Yau object]] ([[Calabi-Yau manifold]], [[Calabi-Yau category]]) of (complex) [[dimension]] 3. ## Properties ### As exceptional geometry [[!include Spin(8)-subgroups and reductions -- table]] ### Moduli spaces of line bundles [[!includ...
3d Chern-Simons theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3d+Chern-Simons+theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $\infty$-Chern-Simons theory +--{: .hide} [[!include infinity-Chern-Simons theory - contents]] =-- #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### Physics +--{: .hide} [[!include physi...
3d gravity and Chern-Simons theory -- references
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3d+gravity+and+Chern-Simons+theory+--+references
### 3d Gravity and Chern-Simons theory {#3dGravityAndChernSimonsTheoryReferences} On 3-dimensional ([[quantum gravity|quantum]]) [[gravity]] ([[general relativity]]) with [[cosmological constant]], and its (non-)relation to [[Chern-Simons theory]] with non-[[compact Lie group|compact]] [[gauge groups]]: The ori...
3d mirror symmetry
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3d+mirror+symmetry
## Related concepts * [[symplectic duality]] * [[duality in physics]] ## References The original article is * [[Ken Intriligator]], [[Nathan Seiberg]], _Mirror Symmetry in Three Dimensional Gauge Theories_ ([arXiv:hep-th/9607207](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9607207)) based on the [[ADE classificatio...
3d quantum gravity
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3d+quantum+gravity
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Gravity +--{: .hide} [[!include gravity contents]] =-- #### Physics +--{: .hide} [[!include physicscontents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea Solving the problem of [[quantization]] of s...
3d superconformal gauge field theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3d+superconformal+gauge+field+theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### Super-Geometry +--{: .hide} [[!include supergeometry - contents]] =-- #### String theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include string theory...
3d toric code
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3d+toric+code
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Functorial quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea What has come to be called the "3d toric code" is a [[4d ...
3d TQFT
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3d+TQFT
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Physics +--{: .hide} [[!include physicscontents]] =-- #### Functorial quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea ...
3d-3d correspondence
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3d-3d+correspondence
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Duality in string theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include duality in string theory -- contents]] =-- #### String theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include string theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Id...
3x3 lemma
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/3x3+lemma
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Context #### Diagram chasing lemmas +-- {: .hide} [[!include diagram chasing lemmas - contents]] =-- #### Homological algebra +-- {: .hide} [[!include homological algebra - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ##...
4-3-2 8-7-6
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/4-3-2+8-7-6
The talk * [[Daniel Freed]], **4-3-2 8-7-6** talk at _[ASPECTS of Topology](https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/tillmann/ASPECTS.html)_ Dec 2012 [pdf](https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/tillmann/ASPECTSfreed.pdf), [[Freed432876.pdf:file]] discusses aspects and open problems of understanding * [[3d Chern...
4-manifold
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/4-manifold
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Geometry +--{: .hide} [[!include higher geometry - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea a [[manifold]] of [[dimension]] 4. ## Examples * [[4-sphere]] * [[spacetime]] ## Prope...
4-sphere
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/4-sphere
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Spheres +--{: .hide} [[!include spheres -- contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea The [[sphere]] of [[dimension]] 4. ## Properties ### Basic differential geometry {#Differenti...
4d Chern-Simons theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/4d+Chern-Simons+theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $\infty$-Chern-Simons theory +--{: .hide} [[!include infinity-Chern-Simons theory - contents]] =-- #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### Physics +--{: .hide} ...
4d superconformal gauge field theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/4d+superconformal+gauge+field+theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### Super-Geometry +--{: .hide} [[!include supergeometry - contents]] =-- #### String theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include string theo...
4d supergravity Lie 2-algebra
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/4d+supergravity+Lie+2-algebra
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $\infty$-Lie theory +--{: .hide} [[!include infinity-Lie theory - contents]] =-- #### Gravity +--{: .hide} [[!include gravity contents]] =-- #### Super-Geometry +--{: .hide} [[!include supergeometry - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * ta...
4d TQFT
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/4d+TQFT
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Physics +--{: .hide} [[!include physicscontents]] =-- #### Functorial quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea ...
4d WZW model
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/4d+WZW+model
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $\infty$-Wess-Zumino-Witten theory +--{: .hide} [[!include infinity-Wess-Zumino-Witten theory - contents]] =-- #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### Physics +--{: .hide} [[!i...
4T relation
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/4T+relation
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Knot theory +--{: .hide} [[!include knot theory - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea ### For round chord diagrams {#ForCircularChordDiagrams} In [[knot theory]] by the _4-te...
5-manifold
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/5-manifold
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Context #### Manifolds and cobordisms +-- {: .hide} [[!include manifolds and cobordisms - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea A [[manifold]] of [[dimension]] 5 ## Related concepts * [[Sasakian m...
5-sphere
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/5-sphere
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Spheres +--{: .hide} [[!include spheres -- contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea The [[n-sphere]] for $n = 5$. ## Properties ### Free group actions \begin{example} There are, up...
6-sphere
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/6-sphere
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Spheres +--{: .hide} [[!include spheres -- contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea The [[n-sphere]] of [[dimension]] $n = 6$. ## Properties ### Coset structure The 6-sphere, as a [...
600-cell
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/600-cell
#Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea ...one of the [[regular polytopes]] in [[dimension]] 4... ...hence a higher dimensional analog of the [[Platonic solids]]... The 120 vertices of the 600-cell form the [[binary icosahedral group]]. ## Related concepts * [[24-cell]] * [[120-cell]] ...
6d Chern-Simons theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/6d+Chern-Simons+theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $\infty$-Chern-Simons theory +--{: .hide} [[!include infinity-Chern-Simons theory - contents]] =-- #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### Physics +--{: .hide} [[!include phy...
6j symbol
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/6j+symbol
[[!redirects Wigner 6-j symbol]] [[!redirects Wigner 6-j symbol]] #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea $6j$ symbols are pieces of combinatorial data which can be associated to [[fusion categories]], encoding their [[associator]] with a finite amount of algebraic data. The $6j$ symbols along with th...
7-sphere
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/7-sphere
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Spheres +--{: .hide} [[!include spheres -- contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea The [[sphere]] of [[dimension]] 7. This is one of the [[parallelizable manifold|parallelizable]] sp...
7d Chern-Simons theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/7d+Chern-Simons+theory
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### $\infty$-Chern-Simons theory +--{: .hide} [[!include infinity-Chern-Simons theory - contents]] =-- #### Quantum field theory +--{: .hide} [[!include functorial quantum field theory - contents]] =-- #### Physics +--{: .hide} [[...
7d spherical space forms -- table
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/7d+spherical+space+forms+--+table
| $N$ [[Killing spinors]] on <br/> [[spherical space form]] $S^7/\widehat{G}$ | $\phantom{AA}\widehat{G} =$ | [[spin group|spin]]-lift of [[subgroup]] of <br/>[[isometry group]] of [[7-sphere]] | [[3d superconformal gauge field theory]] <br/> on [[black brane|back]] [[M2-branes]] <br/> with [[near horizon geometry]]...
8-manifold
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/8-manifold
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Geometry +--{: .hide} [[!include higher geometry - contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea A [[manifold]] of [[dimension]] 8. ## Properties ### Signature {#Signature} Let $X$ be ...
8-sphere
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/8-sphere
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Spheres +--{: .hide} [[!include spheres -- contents]] =-- =-- =-- #Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea The [[n-sphere]] for $n = 8$. ## Properties +-- {: .num_prop} ###### Proposition There is a [[hom...
9-dimensional supergravity
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/9-dimensional+supergravity
#Contents# * table of contents {:toc} ## Idea [[supergravity]] in [[dimension]] 9 ## Properties ### U-duality [[!include U-duality -- table]] ## References * [[Maria P. Garcia del Moral]], J. M. Pena, [[Alvaro Restuccia]], _Supermembrane origin of type II gauged supergravities in 9D_, JHEP 12...
A Categorical Manifesto
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+Categorical+Manifesto
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ### Context #### Category theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include category theory - contents]] =-- #### Constructivism, Realizability, Computability +-- {: .hide} [[!include constructivism - contents]] =-- =-- =-- [_A Categorical Manifesto_]( ht...
A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+Concise+Course+in+Algebraic+Topology
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Algebraic topology +--{: .hide} [[!include algebraic topology - contents]] =-- =-- =-- This page collects material related to: * [[Peter May]]: \linebreak **A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology** \line...
A crash course in topos theory -- The big picture
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+crash+course+in+topos+theory+--+The+big+picture
+-- {: .rightHandSide} +-- {: .toc .clickDown tabindex="0"} ###Context### #### Topos Theory +--{: .hide} [[!include topos theory - contents]] =-- #### $(\infty,1)$-Topos Theory +-- {: .hide} [[!include (infinity,1)-topos - contents]] =-- =-- =-- * [[André Joyal]], _A crash course in topos theory:...
A Cubical Approach to Synthetic Homotopy Theory
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+Cubical+Approach+to+Synthetic+Homotopy+Theory
* [[Dan Licata]], [[Guillaume Brunerie]]: **A Cubical Approach to Synthetic Homotopy Theory** LICS 2015, 30th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science [doi:10.1109/LICS.2015.19](https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2015.19) [PDF from Dan's homepage](http://dlicata.web.wesleyan.edu/pub...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Feynman diagrams
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Feynman+diagrams
## Feynman diagrams {#FeynmanDiagrams} So far we considered only the [[axioms]] on a consistent perturbative S-matrix /[[time-ordered products]] and its formal consequences. Now we discuss the actual construction of [[time-ordered products]], hence of perturbative S-matrices, by the process called _[[renormaliza...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Field variations
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Field+variations
## Field variations {#FieldVariations} In this chapter we discuss these topics: * _[Jet bundles](##JetBundles)_ * _[Differential operators](#DifferentialOperators)_ * _[Variational calculus and the Variational bicomplex](#VariationaCalculusAndVariationalBicomplex)_ $\,$ Given a [[field bundle]] as i...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Fields
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Fields
## Fields {#Fields} In this chapter we discuss these topics: * _[Field bundles](#FieldBundles)_ * _[Spaces of field histories](#NonFiniteDimensionalGeometry)_ * _[Infinitesimal geometry](#InfinitesimalGeometry)_ * _[Fermion fields and Supergeometry](#Supergeometry)_ $\,$ A [[field history]] on ...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Free quantum fields
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Free+quantum+fields
## Free quantum fields {#FreeQuantumFields} In this chapter we discuss the following topics: * _[Wick algebra](#WickAlgebraAbstract)_ * _[Time-ordered product](#AbstractTimeOrderedProduct)_ * _[Operator product notation](#OperatorProductAndNormalOrderedProduct)_ * _[Hadamard vacuum state](#HadamardVacu...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Gauge fixing
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Gauge+fixing
## Gauge fixing {#GaugeFixing} In this chapter we discuss the following topics: 1. _[Quasi-isomorphisms between local BV-BRST complexes](#QuasiIsomorphismsBetweenBVBRSTComplexes)_ 1. [gauge fixing chain maps](#GaugeFixingChainMaps); 1. [adjoining contractible complexes of auxiliary fields](#Adjo...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Gauge symmetries
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Gauge+symmetries
## Gauge symmetries {#GaugeSymmetries} In this chapter we discuss these topics: * [compactly supported infinitesimal symmetries obstruct covariant phase space](#CompactlySupportedInfinitesimalSymmetriesObstructTheCovariantPhaseSpace) * [Infinitesimal gauge symmetries](#InfinitesimalGauge) * [Lie a...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Geometry
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Geometry
## Geometry {#Geometry} The [[geometry of physics]] is _[[differential geometry]]_. This is the flavor of [[geometry]] which is modeled on [[Cartesian spaces]] $\mathbb{R}^n$ with [[smooth functions]] between them. Here we briefly review the basics of [[differential geometry]] on [[Cartesian spaces]]. In ...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Interacting quantum fields
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Interacting+quantum+fields
## Interacting quantum fields {#QuantumObservables} In this chapter we discuss the following topics: * _[Free field vacua](#FreeFieldVacua)_ * _[Perturbative S-matrices](#PerturbativeSMatrixAndTimeOrderedProducts)_ * _[Conceptual remarks](#RemarksOnCausalPerturbationTheoryAxioms)_ * _[Interacting fie...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Lagrangians
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Lagrangians
## Lagrangians {#Lagrangians} In this chapter we discuss the following topics: * _[Lagrangian densities](#LagrangianDensities)_ * _[Euler-Lagrange forms and Presymplectic currents](#ELFormsAndPresymplecticCurrents)_ * _[Euler-Lagrange equations of motion](#ELEquationsOfMotion)_ $\,$ Given any [[t...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Observables
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Observables
## Observables {#Observables} In this chapter we discuss these topics: * _[General observables](#GeneralObservables)_ * _[Polynomial off-shell observables and Distributions](#LinearOffShellObservablesAreDistributions)_ * _[Polynomial on-shell observables and Distributional solutions to PDEs](#Poly...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Phase space
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Phase+space
## Phase space {#PhaseSpace} In this chapter we discuss these topics: * _[Covariant phase space](#PreymplecticPhaseSpace)_ * _[BV-Resolution of the covariant phase space](#BVResolutionOfTheCovariantPhaseSpace)_ * _[Hamiltonian local observables](#HamiltonianLocalObservablesOnACauchySurface)_ $\,$ ...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Propagators
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Propagators
## Propagators {#Propagators} In this chapter we discuss the following topics: * _Background_ * _[Fourier analysis and Plane wave modes](#FourierAnalysis)_ * _[Microlocal analysis and UV-Divergences](#MicrolocalAnalysisAndUltravioletDivergence)_ * _[Cauchy principal values](#CauchyPrincipalValues...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Quantization
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Quantization
## Quantization {#Quantization} In this chapter we discuss the following topics: * _[Motivation from Lie theory](#MotivationFromLieTheory)_ * _[Geometric quantization](#GeometricQuantization)_ * _[Moyal star products](#StarProducts)_ * _[Moyal star product as deformation quantization](#MoyalStarProdu...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Quantum electrodynamics
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Quantum+electrodynamics
## Quantum Electrodynamics {#QED} * [[quantum electrodynamics]]
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Reduced phase space
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Reduced+phase+space
## Reduced phase space {#ReducedPhaseSpace} In this chapter we discuss these topics: * Global gauge reduction for strictly [[invariant]] functions ([[action functionals]]): * _[Derived critical loci inside Lie algebroids](#DerivedCriticalLocusInsideLieAlgebroids)_ * _[Schouten bracket on Lie algeb...
A first idea of quantum field theory -- Renormalization
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/source/A+first+idea+of+quantum+field+theory+--+Renormalization
## Renormalization {#Renormalization} In this chapter we discuss the following topics: * _[Epstein-Glaser normalization](#EpsteinGlaserRenormalization)_ * _[Stückelberg-Petermann re-normalization](#SPRenormalizationGroup)_ * _[UV-Regularization via Counterterms](#UVRegularizationViaZ)_ * _[Wilson...