Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: Hernan Ocampo (Editor); Sylvie Paycha (Editor); Andrés Vargas (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 5, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9783540242833
Subjects: Science; Physics; Geometry - General; Mathematics; Topology; Science/Mathematics; Quantum field theory; Geometry - Differential; Mathematical Physics; Mathematics-Geometry - Differential; Science / Mathematical Physics; Science-Physics; euclidean quantum field theory; noncommutative geometry; string compactification
First sentence: Intuitively, a knot is a circle embedded in the ambient space up to elastic deformation; a link is a finite family of disjoint knots.