Mathematical Aspects Of Conformal And Topological Field Theories And Quantum Groups
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| Author | : Paul J. Sally (Jr.) |
| Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 0821851861 |
This book contains papers presented by speakers at the AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference on Conformal Field Theory, Topological Field Theory and Quantum Groups, held at Mount Holyoke College in June 1992. One group of papers deals with one aspect of conformal field theory, namely, vertex operator algebras or superalgebras and their representations. Another group deals with various aspects of quantum groups. Other topics covered include the theory of knots in three-manifolds, symplectic geometry, and tensor products. This book provides an excellent view of some of the latest developments in this growing field of research.
| Author | : Martin Schottenloher |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2008-09-15 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3540706909 |
Part I gives a detailed, self-contained and mathematically rigorous exposition of classical conformal symmetry in n dimensions and its quantization in two dimensions. The conformal groups are determined and the appearence of the Virasoro algebra in the context of the quantization of two-dimensional conformal symmetry is explained via the classification of central extensions of Lie algebras and groups. Part II surveys more advanced topics of conformal field theory such as the representation theory of the Virasoro algebra, conformal symmetry within string theory, an axiomatic approach to Euclidean conformally covariant quantum field theory and a mathematical interpretation of the Verlinde formula in the context of moduli spaces of holomorphic vector bundles on a Riemann surface.
| Author | : Daniel S. Freed |
| Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2019-08-23 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 1470452065 |
These lectures recount an application of stable homotopy theory to a concrete problem in low energy physics: the classification of special phases of matter. While the joint work of the author and Michael Hopkins is a focal point, a general geometric frame of reference on quantum field theory is emphasized. Early lectures describe the geometric axiom systems introduced by Graeme Segal and Michael Atiyah in the late 1980s, as well as subsequent extensions. This material provides an entry point for mathematicians to delve into quantum field theory. Classification theorems in low dimensions are proved to illustrate the framework. The later lectures turn to more specialized topics in field theory, including the relationship between invertible field theories and stable homotopy theory, extended unitarity, anomalies, and relativistic free fermion systems. The accompanying mathematical explanations touch upon (higher) category theory, duals to the sphere spectrum, equivariant spectra, differential cohomology, and Dirac operators. The outcome of computations made using the Adams spectral sequence is presented and compared to results in the condensed matter literature obtained by very different means. The general perspectives and specific applications fuse into a compelling story at the interface of contemporary mathematics and theoretical physics.
| Author | : Ulrike Luise Tillmann |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 596 |
| Release | : 2004-06-28 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 9780521540490 |
The symposium held in honour of the 60th birthday of Graeme Segal brought together leading physicists and mathematicians. Its topics were centred around string theory, M-theory, and quantum gravity on the one hand, and K-theory, elliptic cohomology, quantum cohomology and string topology on the other. Geometry and quantum physics developed in parallel since the recognition of the central role of non-abelian gauge theory in elementary particle physics in the late seventies and the emerging study of super-symmetry and string theory. With its selection of survey and research articles these proceedings fulfil the dual role of reporting on developments in the field and defining directions for future research. For the first time Graeme Segal's manuscript 'The definition of Conformal Field Theory' is published, which has been greatly influential over more than ten years. An introduction by the author puts it into the present context.
| Author | : Joachim Kock |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 9780521540315 |
This 2003 book describes a striking connection between topology and algebra, namely that 2D topological quantum field theories are equivalent to commutative Frobenius algebras. The precise formulation of the theorem and its proof is given in terms of monoidal categories, and the main purpose of the book is to develop these concepts from an elementary level, and more generally serve as an introduction to categorical viewpoints in mathematics. Rather than just proving the theorem, it is shown how the result fits into a more general pattern concerning universal monoidal categories for algebraic structures. Throughout, the emphasis is on the interplay between algebra and topology, with graphical interpretation of algebraic operations, and topological structures described algebraically in terms of generators and relations. The book will prove valuable to students or researchers entering this field who will learn a host of modern techniques that will prove useful for future work.
| Author | : Robin Ticciati |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 720 |
| Release | : 1999-06-13 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 052163265X |
This should be a useful reference for anybody with an interest in quantum theory.
| Author | : Pierre Deligne |
| Publisher | : American Mathematical Society |
| Total Pages | : 801 |
| Release | : 1999-10-25 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 0821820133 |
A run-away bestseller from the moment it hit the market in late 1999. This impressive, thick softcover offers mathematicians and mathematical physicists the opportunity to learn about the beautiful and difficult subjects of quantum field theory and string theory. Cover features an intriguing cartoon that will bring a smile to its intended audience.
| Author | : Bojko Bakalov |
| Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 0821826867 |
This book gives an exposition of the relations among the following three topics: monoidal tensor categories (such as a category of representations of a quantum group), 3-dimensional topological quantum field theory, and 2-dimensional modular functors (which naturally arise in 2-dimensional conformal field theory). The following examples are discussed in detail: the category of representations of a quantum group at a root of unity and the Wess-Zumino-Witten modular functor. The idea that these topics are related first appeared in the physics literature in the study of quantum field theory. Pioneering works of Witten and Moore-Seiberg triggered an avalanche of papers, both physical and mathematical, exploring various aspects of these relations. Upon preparing to lecture on the topic at MIT, however, the authors discovered that the existing literature was difficult and that there were gaps to fill. The text is wholly expository and finely succinct. It gathers results, fills existing gaps, and simplifies some proofs. The book makes an important addition to the existing literature on the topic. It would be suitable as a course text at the advanced-graduate level.
| Author | : Gregory W. Brumfiel |
| Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 0821804162 |
This book is essentially self-contained and requires only a basic abstract algebra course as background. The book includes and extends much of the classical theory of SL(2) representations of groups. Readers will find SL(2) Representations of Finitely Presented Groups relevant to geometric theory of three dimensional manifolds, representations of infinite groups, and invariant theory. Features...... * A new finitely computable invariant H[*p] associated to groups and used to study the SL(2) representations of *p * Invariant theory and knot theory related through SL(2) representations of knot groups.
| Author | : Adam Korǹyi (et al.) |
| Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 082180605X |
This volume presents the proceedings of the workshop "Harmonic Functions on Graphs" held at the Graduate Centre of CUNY in the autumn of 1995. The main papers present material from four minicourses given by leading experts: D. Cartwright, A. Figà-Talamanca, S. Sawyer, and T. Steger. These minicrouses are introductions which gradually progress to deeper and less known branches of the subject. One of the topics treated is buildings, which are discrete analogues of symmetric spaces of arbitrary rank; buildings of rank are trees. Harmonic analysis on buildings is a fairly new and important field of research. One of the minicourses discusses buildings from the combinatorial perspective and another examines them from the p-adic perspective. the third minicourse deals with the connections of trees with p-adic analysis, and the fourth deals with random walks, ie., with the probabilistic side of harmonic functions on trees. The book also contains the extended abstracts of 19 of the 20 lectures given by the participants on their recent results. These abstracts, well detailed and clearly understandable, give a good cross-section of the present state of research in the field.
