Horton, Benjamin Stephen (2024) Pseudo double categories of manifolds, cobordisms and diffeomorphisms of cobordisms. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.
Abstract
We construct, for each non-negative integer n, a monoidal pseudo double
category of manifolds (closed, smooth and of dimension n), cobordisms, and
isotopy classes of certain (collar-compatible) isotopy classes diffeomorphisms
between cobordisms. As a first step towards a combinatorialisation of the
construction we construct a (strict) double category of nested tuples and
permutations, which we believe is equivalent to a full subcategory of our
geometric pseudo double category, when n = 2.
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| Supervisors: | Faria Martins, Joao and Martin, Paul |
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| Keywords: | Pseudo double category, smooth manifold, cobordism. |
| Awarding institution: | University of Leeds |
| Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mathematics (Leeds) > Pure Mathematics (Leeds) |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2026 13:48 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2026 13:48 |
| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:etheses.whiterose.ac.uk:34321 |
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