Integrable Systems, Quantum Groups, and Quantum Field Theories
By: edited by L. A. Ibort, M. A. Rodríguez
Contributors: Rodríguez, M. A.
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -- 409; NATO ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -- 409
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9789401048743; 9789401119801
Subjects: Differential equations, partial; Physics; Topological Groups; Algebra
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute and XXIII GIFT International Seminar on `Recent Problems in Mathematical Physics', Salamanca, Spain, June 15-27, 1992
Description: In many ways the last decade has witnessed a surge of interest in the interplay between theoretical physics and some traditional areas of pure mathematics. This book contains the lectures delivered at the NATO-ASI Summer School on `Recent Problems in Mathematical Physics' held at Salamanca, Spain (1992), offering a pedagogical and updated approach to some of the problems that have been at the heart of these events. Among them, we should mention the new mathematical structures related to integrability and quantum field theories, such as quantum groups, conformal field theories, integrable statistical models, and topological quantum field theories, that are discussed at length by some of the leading experts on the areas in several of the lectures contained in the book. Apart from these, traditional and new problems in quantum gravity are reviewed. Other contributions to the School included in the book range from symmetries in partial differential equations to geometrical phases in quantum physics. The book is addressed to researchers in the fields covered, PhD students and any scientist interested in obtaining an updated view of the subjects.
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