Videos

Modular Tensor Categories II

Presenter
January 28, 2020
Keywords:
  • braided fusion categories
  • modular categories
  • Quantum Groups
MSC:
  • 18D10
Abstract
Modular tensor categories encode the topological symmetries of 2-dimensional bosonic topological phases of matter, as the algebraic underpinnings of (2+1)D TQFTs. I will describe the main constructions of modular tensor categories, a few classification results and some open questions.