Hendryk Pfeiffer

Research Interests

Categorification
Low-dimensional topology
Topological quantum field theories (TQFTs)
Quantum groups
Higher-dimensional algebra
Quantum gravity

Teaching

Winter 2012/13 Term 1 Differential Calculus (Math 104) Section 109

Selected Publications

S. Bennoun and H. Pfeiffer:
Weak Bialgebras of Fractions,
Preprint arXiv:1212.5775.

H. Pfeiffer:
Weak Hopf Algebras unify the Hennings-Kauffman-Radford and the Reshetikhin-Turaev invariant,
Preprint arXiv:1105.0434.

H. Pfeiffer:
Fusion categories in terms of graphs and relations,
Quantum Topology 2, No. 4 (2011) 339-379, arXiv:0912.0342.

H. Pfeiffer:
Finitely semisimple spherical categories and modular categories are self-dual,
Adv. Math. 221, No. 5 (2009) 1608-1652, arXiv:0806.2903, MR 2522429.

H. Pfeiffer:
Tannaka-Krein reconstruction and a characterization of modular tensor categories,
J. Alg. 321, No. 12 (2009) 3714-3763, arXiv:0711.1402, MR 2517811.

A. D. Lauda, H. Pfeiffer:
Open-closed TQFTs extend Khovanov homology from links to tangles,
J. Knot Th. Ramif. 18, No. 1 (2009) 87-150, arXiv:math/0606331, MR 2490019.

A. D. Lauda, H. Pfeiffer:
State sum construction of two-dimensional open-closed Topological Quantum Field Theories,
J. Knot Th. Ramif. 16, No. 9 (2007) 1121-1163, arXiv:math/0602047, MR 2375819.

A. D. Lauda, H. Pfeiffer:
Open-closed strings: Two-dimensional extended TQFTs and Frobenius algebras,
Topology Appl. 155, No. 7 (2008) 623-666, arXiv:math/0510664, MR 2395583.

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Recent Talks

Canonical Bases for Objects of SL(2) Fusion Categories - How to Get Rid of "q"
(New Perspectives in Topological Field Theories, Hamburg, 2012/08/28)

Combinatorial characterization of fusion categories
(Representation Theoretic and Categorical Methods, Erlangen, 2011/11/01)

Combinatorial characterization of fusion categories
(XIXth Oporto Meeting on Geometry, Topology and Physics, Faro, 2010/07/22)

Fusion categories in terms of graphs and relations
(AMS Spring Central Section Meeting, St Paul, 2010/04/10)

Fusion categories in terms of graphs and relations
(Columbia University, 2009/12/04; Stony Brook, 2009/12/08)

The modular categories associated with Uq(sl2) in terms of diagrams (Introduction)
(Columbia University, 2009/12/03)

Reconstructing algebras from monoidal categories
(University of Hamburg, 2009/06/18)

Two-dimensional TQFTs and extended TQFTs (Introduction)
(University of Hamburg, 2009/06/17)

Tannaka-Krein reconstruction and modular tensor categoriss
(ECM Satellite Conference on Noncommutative Methods, Brussels, 2008/07/23)

Two-dimensional extended TQFTs and categorification
(Oxford, 2008/07/17)

Invariants of 3-dimensional Kirby calculus and representation theory
(UBC Vancouver, 2008/03/19)

Where is the braided monoidal 2-category?
(XVIth Oporto Meeting on Geometry, Topology and Physics, Faro, 2007/07/07)

Two-dimensional extended Topological Quantum Field Theories and Khovanov homology
(University of Aarhus, 2006/10/10; UBC Vancouver, 2006/11/02; University of Münster, 2006/11/15; University of Nottingham, 2007/05/22)

Tangle homology from 2d extended TQFTs
("Categorification in Algebra and Topology 2006", Uppsala, 2006/09/07)

Two-dimensional extended Topological Quantum Field Theories and Khovanov homology
(Washington University, 2006/02/28; University of Chicago, 2006/04/14 and 2006/04/17; University of Potsdam, 2006/08/10)

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Contact

Department of Mathematics
The University of British Columbia
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Email: pfeiffer(at)math.ubc.ca
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Updated: January 1, 2013.

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