Algebraic Foundations of Non-Commutative Differential Geometry and Quantum Groups

Algebraic Foundations of Non-Commutative Differential Geometry and Quantum Groups
Author: Ludwig Pittner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2009-01-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540478019

Quantum groups and quantum algebras as well as non-commutative differential geometry are important in mathematics and considered to be useful tools for model building in statistical and quantum physics. This book, addressing scientists and postgraduates, contains a detailed and rather complete presentation of the algebraic framework. Introductory chapters deal with background material such as Lie and Hopf superalgebras, Lie super-bialgebras, or formal power series. Great care was taken to present a reliable collection of formulae and to unify the notation, making this volume a useful work of reference for mathematicians and mathematical physicists.

Quantum Groups, Noncommutative Geometry and Fundamental Physical Interactions

Quantum Groups, Noncommutative Geometry and Fundamental Physical Interactions
Author: Daniel Kastler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 490
Release: 1999
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

Contents include: Hochschild Homology of Function Algebras Associated with Singularities; On the KK-Theory of Stable Projective Limits; Noncommutative Integrability; Gauge Invariance of the Chern-Simons Action in Noncommutative Geometry; The Analysis of the Hochshild Homology; Coproducts and Operations on Cyclic Cohomology; Powers of Quantum Matrices and Relations Between Them; Introductory Notes on Extensions of Hopf Algebras; Hopf Algebras from the Quantum Geometry Point of View; Equation Pentagonale, Bige bres et Espaces de Modules; Chiral Anomalies in the Spectral Action; Standard Model and Unimodularity Condition; On Feynman Graphs as Elements of a Hopf Algebra.

Noncommutative Geometry

Noncommutative Geometry
Author: Igor V. Nikolaev
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2017-11-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 311054525X

This book covers the basics of noncommutative geometry (NCG) and its applications in topology, algebraic geometry, and number theory. The author takes up the practical side of NCG and its value for other areas of mathematics. A brief survey of the main parts of NCG with historical remarks, bibliography, and a list of exercises is included. The presentation is intended for graduate students and researchers with interests in NCG, but will also serve nonexperts in the field. Contents Part I: Basics Model examples Categories and functors C∗-algebras Part II: Noncommutative invariants Topology Algebraic geometry Number theory Part III: Brief survey of NCG Finite geometries Continuous geometries Connes geometries Index theory Jones polynomials Quantum groups Noncommutative algebraic geometry Trends in noncommutative geometry

Quantum Riemannian Geometry

Quantum Riemannian Geometry
Author: Edwin J. Beggs
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 809
Release: 2020-01-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030302946

This book provides a comprehensive account of a modern generalisation of differential geometry in which coordinates need not commute. This requires a reinvention of differential geometry that refers only to the coordinate algebra, now possibly noncommutative, rather than to actual points. Such a theory is needed for the geometry of Hopf algebras or quantum groups, which provide key examples, as well as in physics to model quantum gravity effects in the form of quantum spacetime. The mathematical formalism can be applied to any algebra and includes graph geometry and a Lie theory of finite groups. Even the algebra of 2 x 2 matrices turns out to admit a rich moduli of quantum Riemannian geometries. The approach taken is a `bottom up’ one in which the different layers of geometry are built up in succession, starting from differential forms and proceeding up to the notion of a quantum `Levi-Civita’ bimodule connection, geometric Laplacians and, in some cases, Dirac operators. The book also covers elements of Connes’ approach to the subject coming from cyclic cohomology and spectral triples. Other topics include various other cohomology theories, holomorphic structures and noncommutative D-modules. A unique feature of the book is its constructive approach and its wealth of examples drawn from a large body of literature in mathematical physics, now put on a firm algebraic footing. Including exercises with solutions, it can be used as a textbook for advanced courses as well as a reference for researchers.

Quantum Isometry Groups

Quantum Isometry Groups
Author: Debashish Goswami
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2017-01-05
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 813223667X

This book offers an up-to-date overview of the recently proposed theory of quantum isometry groups. Written by the founders, it is the first book to present the research on the “quantum isometry group”, highlighting the interaction of noncommutative geometry and quantum groups, which is a noncommutative generalization of the notion of group of isometry of a classical Riemannian manifold. The motivation for this generalization is the importance of isometry groups in both mathematics and physics. The framework consists of Alain Connes’ “noncommutative geometry” and the operator-algebraic theory of “quantum groups”. The authors prove the existence of quantum isometry group for noncommutative manifolds given by spectral triples under mild conditions and discuss a number of methods for computing them. One of the most striking and profound findings is the non-existence of non-classical quantum isometry groups for arbitrary classical connected compact manifolds and, by using this, the authors explicitly describe quantum isometry groups of most of the noncommutative manifolds studied in the literature. Some physical motivations and possible applications are also discussed.

Quantum Field Theory and Noncommutative Geometry

Quantum Field Theory and Noncommutative Geometry
Author: Ursula Carow-Watamura
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2005-02-21
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9783540239000

This volume reflects the growing collaboration between mathematicians and theoretical physicists to treat the foundations of quantum field theory using the mathematical tools of q-deformed algebras and noncommutative differential geometry. A particular challenge is posed by gravity, which probably necessitates extension of these methods to geometries with minimum length and therefore quantization of space. This volume builds on the lectures and talks that have been given at a recent meeting on "Quantum Field Theory and Noncommutative Geometry." A considerable effort has been invested in making the contributions accessible to a wider community of readers - so this volume will not only benefit researchers in the field but also postgraduate students and scientists from related areas wishing to become better acquainted with this field.

Hopf Algebras in Noncommutative Geometry and Physics

Hopf Algebras in Noncommutative Geometry and Physics
Author: Stefaan Caenepeel
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2019-05-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1482276712

This comprehensive reference summarizes the proceedings and keynote presentations from a recent conference held in Brussels, Belgium. Offering 1155 display equations, this volume contains original research and survey papers as well as contributions from world-renowned algebraists. It focuses on new results in classical Hopf algebras as well as the

Introduction to Quantum Groups

Introduction to Quantum Groups
Author: Masud Chaichian
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1996
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789810226237

In the past decade there has been an extemely rapid growth in the interest and development of quantum group theory.This book provides students and researchers with a practical introduction to the principal ideas of quantum groups theory and its applications to quantum mechanical and modern field theory problems. It begins with a review of, and introduction to, the mathematical aspects of quantum deformation of classical groups, Lie algebras and related objects (algebras of functions on spaces, differential and integral calculi). In the subsequent chapters the richness of mathematical structure and power of the quantum deformation methods and non-commutative geometry is illustrated on the different examples starting from the simplest quantum mechanical system — harmonic oscillator and ending with actual problems of modern field theory, such as the attempts to construct lattice-like regularization consistent with space-time Poincaré symmetry and to incorporate Higgs fields in the general geometrical frame of gauge theories. Graduate students and researchers studying the problems of quantum field theory, particle physics and mathematical aspects of quantum symmetries will find the book of interest.

Introduction To Quantum Groups

Introduction To Quantum Groups
Author: Masud Chaichian
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 357
Release: 1996-11-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814499137

In the past decade there has been an extemely rapid growth in the interest and development of quantum group theory.This book provides students and researchers with a practical introduction to the principal ideas of quantum groups theory and its applications to quantum mechanical and modern field theory problems. It begins with a review of, and introduction to, the mathematical aspects of quantum deformation of classical groups, Lie algebras and related objects (algebras of functions on spaces, differential and integral calculi). In the subsequent chapters the richness of mathematical structure and power of the quantum deformation methods and non-commutative geometry is illustrated on the different examples starting from the simplest quantum mechanical system — harmonic oscillator and ending with actual problems of modern field theory, such as the attempts to construct lattice-like regularization consistent with space-time Poincaré symmetry and to incorporate Higgs fields in the general geometrical frame of gauge theories. Graduate students and researchers studying the problems of quantum field theory, particle physics and mathematical aspects of quantum symmetries will find the book of interest.

Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry and Representations of Quantized Algebras

Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry and Representations of Quantized Algebras
Author: A. Rosenberg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9401584303

This book is based on lectures delivered at Harvard in the Spring of 1991 and at the University of Utah during the academic year 1992-93. Formally, the book assumes only general algebraic knowledge (rings, modules, groups, Lie algebras, functors etc.). It is helpful, however, to know some basics of algebraic geometry and representation theory. Each chapter begins with its own introduction, and most sections even have a short overview. The purpose of what follows is to explain the spirit of the book and how different parts are linked together without entering into details. The point of departure is the notion of the left spectrum of an associative ring, and the first natural steps of general theory of noncommutative affine, quasi-affine, and projective schemes. This material is presented in Chapter I. Further developments originated from the requirements of several important examples I tried to understand, to begin with the first Weyl algebra and the quantum plane. The book reflects these developments as I worked them out in reallife and in my lectures. In Chapter 11, we study the left spectrum and irreducible representations of a whole lot of rings which are of interest for modern mathematical physics. The dasses of rings we consider indude as special cases: quantum plane, algebra of q-differential operators, (quantum) Heisenberg and Weyl algebras, (quantum) enveloping algebra ofthe Lie algebra sl(2) , coordinate algebra of the quantum group SL(2), the twisted SL(2) of Woronowicz, so called dispin algebra and many others.