Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 577 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511526398
Series Statement:
London Mathematical Society lecture note series 308
Content:
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.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Introduction
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pt. I. Contributions ; 1. A variant of K-theory : K[plus or minus]
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2. Two-vector bundles and forms of elliptic cohomology
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3. Geometric realization of the Segal-Sugawara construction
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4. Differential isomorphism and equivalence of algebraic varieties
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521540490
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521540490
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521540490
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Topology, geometry and quantum field theory Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2004 ISBN 0521540496
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521540490
Language:
English
Subjects:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Geometrie
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Algebraische Topologie
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Quantenfeldtheorie
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511526398
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