On the Classification of Topological Field Theories (Draft)
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1 Topological Field Theories and Higher Categories 2 1.1 Classical Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 Extending Down: Lower Dimensional Manifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3 Higher Category Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1.4 Extending Up: Diffeomorphism Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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