Topological Field Theory, Primitive Forms and Related Topics
By: edited by Masaki Kashiwara, Atsushi Matsuo, Kyoji Saito, Ikuo Satake
Contributors: Matsuo, Atsushi; Saito, K. (Kyoji); Satake, Ikuo
Series: Progress in Mathematics -- 160; Progress in Mathematics -- 160.
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston; Imprint: Birkhäuser
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9781461207054
Subjects: Mathematics; Algebra; Field theory (Physics); Algebraic topology; Topology
Description: As the interaction of mathematics and theoretical physics continues to intensify, the theories developed in mathematics are being applied to physics, and conversely. This book centers around the theory of primitive forms which currently plays an active and key role in topological field theory (theoretical physics), but was originally developed as a mathematical notion to define a "good period mapping" for a family of analytic structures. The invited papers in this volume are expository in nature by participants of the Taniguchi Symposium on "Topological Field Theory, Primitive Forms and Related Topics" and the RIMS Symposium bearing the same title, both held in Kyoto. The papers reflect the broad research of some of the world's leading mathematical physicists, and should serve as an excellent resource for researchers as well as graduate students of both disciplines.