Abstract
Heegaard Floer theory is a kind of topological quantum field theory (TQFT), assigning graded groups to closed, connected, oriented 3-manifolds and group homomorphisms to smooth, oriented four-dimensional cobordisms. Bordered Heegaard Floer homology is an extension of Heegaard Floer homology to 3-manifolds with boundary, with extended-TQFT-type gluing properties. In this survey, we explain the formal structure and construction of bordered Floer homology and sketch how it can be used to compute some aspects of Heegaard Floer theory.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8085-8092 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 17 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General
Keywords
- 4-manifolds
- Heegaard Floer homology