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Reflection Positivity: A Quantum Field Theory Connection, Joseph W. Grenier
Reflection Positivity: A Quantum Field Theory Connection, Joseph W. Grenier
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
At the heart of constructive quantum field theory lies reflection positivity. Through its use one may extend results for a Euclidean field theory to a relativistic theory. In this dissertation we connect functorial and constructive quantum field theories through reflection positivity. In 2014 Santosh Kandel constructed examples of $d$-dimensional functorial QFTs when $d$ is even. We define functorial reflection positivity and show that this functorial theory is a reflection positive theory. We go on to show that every reflection positive theory produces a reflection positive Hilbert space. Iterated doubles are then introduced and used as a starting point to produce …