Topological Quantum Field Theories from Subfactors
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Published: December 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781584882411
Subjects: Relativistic quantum mechanics & quantum field theory; Theoretical methods; Topology; Science/Mathematics; Quantum Field Theory; Science; Algebra - General; Quantum Theory; Mathematics / Advanced; Mathematical Physics
First sentence: One of the hopes that motivated the writing up of these notes was that it might be accessible to an audience of which very little specific background preparation was demanded; the hope was that it might be possible to address a person with nothing more than a 'modicum of mathematical maturity' and to describe (to such a person) some of the beautiful concepts and ideas that go into this construction (by Ocneanu) of a 'topological quantum field theory from a finite-depth subfactor'.