Topology of Gauge Fields and Condensed Matter
By: by Michael Monastyrsky
Publisher: Springer US; Imprint: Springer
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781489924032
Subjects: Mathematics; Mathematics, general; Physics; Mathematical and Computational Physics Theoretical
Description: ''Intended mainly for physicists and mathematicians...its high quality will definitely attract a wider audience.'' --Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics This work acquaints the physicist with the mathematical principles of algebraic topology, group theory, and differential geometry, as applicable to research in field theory and the theory of condensed matter. Emphasis is placed on the topological structure of monopole and instanton solution to the Yang-Mills equations, the description of phases in superfluid 3He, and the topology of singular solutions in 3He and liquid crystals.