The Art of Bad Art: Diagrammatics in Mathematical Physics
2024 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
The purpose of a proof is to reduce the complexity of a statement until it becomes a sequence of trivialities. To this end, the choice of notation, diagrams and overall paradigm can aid in conveying large amounts of information in a simple manner. This compilation thesis focuses on the choice of visual tools to convey algebraic results in the context of mathematical physics, using a categorical paradigm with various topological semantics. The topics range from covering known results in knot theory, abstract diagram categories and low-dimensional topological quantum field theory, to novel results such as the topological rack exclusion principle, tetrahedral symmetry of framed associators and new diagrammatics for graded-monoidal categories based on the Kleisli presentation.We demonstrate how these diagrammatic methods can be used to simplify algebraic proofs and communicate across disciplines.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University , 2024. , p. 38
Keywords [en]
Quantum Algebra, Category Theory, Supercategories, Knot Theory, Mathematical Physics, TQFT
National Category
Mathematics
Research subject
Mathematics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-232734ISBN: 978-91-8014-907-5 (print)ISBN: 978-91-8014-908-2 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-232734DiVA, id: diva2:1891463
Public defence
2024-09-25, lärosal 17, hus 2, plan 2, Albano, Albanovägen 20, Stockholm, 13:00 (English)
Opponent
Supervisors
2024-09-022024-08-222024-08-27Bibliographically approved
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