Higher Categories of Bordisms with Geometric Structures and the Classification of Extended Geometric Field TheoriesConfirmed

by Daniel Grady (Wichita State University)

Friday May 29, 2026, 2:30 PM → 4:00 PM America/Toronto

PI/3-394 - Skyroom (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)

In this talk, I will survey joint work with Dmitri Pavlov on the construction and classification of extended geometric functorial field theories. After briefly reviewing some background and classical definitions, I will discuss the construction of the extended geometric bordism category and present the two main theorems. I will then sketch the proof of the first theorem, establishing locality for extended field theories, and, if time permits, conclude with some applications.

Talk Recording (26050066)