The maximal decomposition of the Turaev-Viro TQFT

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that the Turaev-Viro TQFT can be decomposed into blocks associated with homotopical quantum field theories derived from various graduations of a spherical category, with a maximal decomposition achieved at the universal graduation.

Contribution

It introduces a maximal decomposition of the Turaev-Viro TQFT into blocks from homotopical HQFTs based on different graduations of a spherical category, extending previous work.

Findings

Decomposition of Turaev-Viro TQFT into blocks from HQFTs.

Maximal decomposition occurs at the universal graduation.

Every graduation defines a corresponding homotopical Turaev-Viro invariant.

Abstract

In a previous work arXiv:0903.4512, we have built an homotopical Turaev-Viro invariant and an HQFT from the universal graduation of a spherical category. In the present paper, we show that every graduation $(G,p)$ of a spherical category $\C$ defines an homotopical Turaev-Viro invariant $HTV_{\C}^{(G,p)}$ and an HQFT $\m{H}_{\C}^{(G,p)}$. Furthermore we show that the Turaev-Viro TQFT will be split into blocks coming the HQFT $\m{H}_{\C}^{(G,p)}$. We show that this decomposition is maximal for the universal graduation of the category, which means that for every graduation $(G,p)$ the HQFT $\m{H}_{\C}^{(G,p)}$ is split into blocks coming from the HQFT obtained from the universal graduation.