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Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Mathematics / Louis Crane / In this thesis we explore the possibilities of obtaining Topological Quantum Field Theories using cobordisms with corners to break further down in the structure of manifolds of a given dimension. The algebraic data obtained is described in the language of higher category theory, more precisely in its cubical approach which we explore here as well. Interesting connections are proposed to some important objects in Physics: the representations of the Poincaré group. Finally we will describe in great details the topological tools needed to describe the categories of cobordisms with corners and give some conjectures on their nature.

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Dans cette thèse, on définit et on étudie les notions de structure de Poisson et coïsotrope sur un champ dérivé, dans le contexte de la géométrie algébrique dérivée. On considère deux présentations différentes de structure de Poisson : la première est purement algébrique, alors que la deuxième est plus géométrique. On montre que les deux approches sont en fait équivalentes. On introduit aussi la notion de structure coïsotrope sur un morphisme de champs dérivés, encore une fois en présentant deux définitions équivalentes : la première est basée sur une généralisation appropriée de l'opérade Swiss-Cheese de Voronov, tandis que la deuxième est formulée en termes de champs de multivecteurs rélatifs. En particulier, on montre que le morphisme identité admet une unique structure coïsotrope ; cela produit une application d'oubli des structures de Poisson n-décalées aux structures de Poisson (n-1)-décalées. On montre aussi que l'intersection de deux morphismes coïsotropes dans un champ de Poisson n-décalée est naturellement equipée d'une structure de Poisson (n-1)-décalée canonique. En outre, on fournit une équivalence entre l'espace de structures coïsotropes non-dégénérées et l'espace des structures Lagrangiennes en géométrie dérivée, introduites dans les travaux de Pantev-Toën-Vaquié-Vezzosi. / In this thesis, we define and study Poisson and coisotropic structures on derived stacks in the framework of derived algebraic geometry. We consider two possible presentations of Poisson structures of different flavour: the first one is purely algebraic, while the second is more geometric. We show that the two approaches are in fact equivalent. We also introduce the notion of coisotropic structure on a morphism between derived stacks, once again presenting two equivalent definitions: one of them involves an appropriate generalization of the Swiss Cheese operad of Voronov, while the other is expressed in terms of relative polyvector fields. In particular, we show that the identity morphism carries a unique coisotropic structure; in turn, this gives rise to a non-trivial forgetful map from n-shifted Poisson structures to (n-1)-shifted Poisson structures. We also prove that the intersection of two coisotropic morphisms inside a n-shifted Poisson stack is naturally equipped with a canonical (n-1)-shifted Poisson structure. Moreover, we provide an equivalence between the space of non-degenerate coisotropic structures and the space of Lagrangian structures in derived geometry, as introduced in the work of Pantev-Toën-Vaquié-Vezzosi.

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We define and study the fundamental pro-finite 2-groupoid of varieties X defined over a field k. This is a higher algebraic invariant of a scheme X, analogous to the higher fundamental path 2-groupoids as defined for topological spaces. This invariant is related to previously defined invariants, for example the absolute Galois group of a field, and Grothendieck’s étale fundamental group. The special case of Brauer-Severi varieties is considered, in which case a “sections conjecture” type theorem is proved. It is shown that a Brauer-Severi variety X has a rational point if and only if its étale fundamental 2-groupoid has a special sort of section.