From [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological_quantum_field_theory):



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> In dynamics, all continuous time dynamical systems, with and without noise, are Witten-type TQFTs and the phenomenon of the spontaneous breakdown of the corresponding topological supersymmetry encompasses such well-established concepts as chaos, turbulence, 1/f and crackling noises, self-organized criticality etc. 
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These are all very "deep" phenomena which are studied in continuous-time dynamics, and its somewhat surprising that TQFT has such a wide range of applications. Unfortunately, that wikipedia article doesn't include inline citations, so it isn't clear which source that information comes from. Could someone point to a textbook or review on the applications of TQFT to continuous-time dynamical systems?


EDIT: Is the "topological supersymmetry" bascially the structural stability of the system? That would make sense, except structural stability doesn't imply topological invariance, just invariance under a certain restricted set of diffeomorphisms (i.e. perturbations).



What are the applications of topological quantum field theory to continuous-time dynamical systems?
The Wikipedia entry cited in the OP is paraphrased from [Topological field theory of dynamical systems](https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.5162) by Igor Ovchinnikov (2012):



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> It is shown that the path-integral representation of any stochastic or
>  deterministic continuous-time dynamical model is a cohomological or
>  Witten-type topological field theory, i.e., a model with global
>  topological supersymmetry (Q-symmetry). As many other supersymmetries,
>  Q-symmetry must be perturbatively stable due to what is generically
>  known as non-renormalization theorems.
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Ovchinnikov discusses the notion of topological supersymmetry in a dynamical system, and the breaking of that symmetry at the transition to chaotic dynamics, in [Introduction to Supersymmetric Theory of Stochastics](https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.03393) (2016). A more colloquial description is given in [Chaos or Order](https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.06561) (2017).


*I should add that (judging from the citation trail) this line of research does not seem to have been taken up by other groups, and it remains to be seen how productive the connection identified by Ovchinnikov will turn out to be.*


