diff -r a1fa4428ddbc -r da5077cae33c pnas/pnas.tex --- a/pnas/pnas.tex Tue Nov 16 14:54:51 2010 -0800 +++ b/pnas/pnas.tex Tue Nov 16 16:55:55 2010 -0800 @@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ %% \subsection{} %% \subsubsection{} +\dropcap{T}he aim of this paper is to describe a derived category version of TQFTs. + +For our purposes, an $n{+}1$-dimensional TQFT is a locally defined system of +invariants of manifolds of dimensions 0 through $n+1$. + + \dropcap{T}opological quantum field theories (TQFTs) provide local invariants of manifolds, which are determined by the algebraic data of a higher category. An $n+1$-dimensional TQFT $\cA$ associates a vector space $\cA(M)$