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quantum fundamental groupoid (Definition)
Definition 0.1   A quantum fundamental groupoid $F_{\Q}$ is defined as a functor $F_{\Q}: \mathbf{H}_B \to {\Q}_G$ , where $\mathbf{H}_B$ is the category of Hilbert space bundles, and ${\Q}_G$ is the category of locally compact quantum groupoids and their homomorphisms.

Fundamental groupoid functors and functor categories

The natural setting for the definition of a quantum fundamental groupoid $F_{\Q}$ is in one of the functor categories- that of fundamental groupoid functors, $F_{\grp}$ , and their natural transformations defined in the context of quantum categories of quantum spaces ${\Q}$ represented by Hilbert space bundles or rigged Hilbert (also called Frechét) spaces $\mathbf{H}_B$ .

Other related functor categories are those specified with the general definition of the fundamental groupoid functor, $F_{\grp}: {Top} \to \grp_2$ , where Top is the category of topological spaces and $\grp_2$ is the groupoid category.

Example 0.1   A specific example of a quantum fundamental groupoid can be given for spin foams of spin networks, with a spin foam defined as a functor between spin network categories. Thus, because spin networks or graphs are specialized one-dimensional CW-complexes whose cells are linked quantum spin states, their quantum fundamental groupoid is defined as a functor representation of CW-complexes on rigged Hilbert spaces (also called Frechét nuclear spaces).




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See Also: fundamental groupoid functors, spin networks and spin foams, quantum groupoids, groupoid categories, spin networks and spin foams, examples of functor categories, fundamental groupoid, homotopy groups, higher dimensional algebra, higher dimensional generalized Van Kampen theorems (HD-VKT), quantum space-times, index of categories

Other names:  quantum spacetimes homotopy theory
Also defines:  category of quantum groupoids, Frechét spaces
Keywords:  fundamental groupoids of quantum spacetimes, quantum groupoids, fundamental groupoid functor, quantum spacetimes in relativistic QFT, QED
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Cross-references: nuclear spaces, functor representation, cells, CW-complexes, graphs, topological spaces, fundamental groupoid functor, functor categories, quantum spaces, quantum categories, homomorphisms, quantum groupoids, locally compact, Hilbert space, category, functor
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AMS MSC20L05 (Group theory and generalizations :: Groupoids )
 55U40 (Algebraic topology :: Applied homological algebra and category theory :: Topological categories, foundations of homotopy theory)
 55Q05 (Algebraic topology :: Homotopy groups :: Homotopy groups, general; sets of homotopy classes)

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