From finite state automata to tangle cobordisms: a TQFT journey from one to four dimensions
Abstract: This is a brief introduction to link homology theories that categorify Reshetikhin--Turaev $\mathsf{SL}(N)$-quantum link invariants. A recently discovered surprising connection between finite state automata and Boolean TQFTs in dimension one is explained as a warm-up.
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