Abstract
A factorization algebra is a prefactorization algebra satisfying a descent property that expresses how the factorization algebra on a large open set is determined, in a precise way, by its behavior on smaller open sets. Since there is a close relation between prefactorization algebras and precosheaves, we can think of this local-to-global property as the analog of the gluing axiom for sheaves.
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Keller, C. (2019). Factorization Algebras. In: Chern-Simons Theory and Equivariant Factorization Algebras. BestMasters. Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25338-7_5
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