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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778377003321

Titolo

Infinite dimensional groups and manifolds [[electronic resource] /] / editor Tilmann Wurzbacher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2004

ISBN

1-283-39668-8

9786613396686

3-11-916250-7

3-11-020001-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

IRMA lectures in mathematics and theoretical physics ; ; 5

Classificazione

SK 350

Altri autori (Persone)

WurzbacherTilman <1961->

Disciplina

512/.55

Soggetti

Infinite-dimensional manifolds

Infinite dimensional Lie algebras

Differential equations, Partial

Quantum field theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Lie groups of germs of analytic mappings -- The flow completion of the Burgers equation -- Enumerative geometry and knot invariants -- Gerbes, (twisted) K-theory, and the supersymmetric WZW model -- Current groups for non-compact manifolds and their central extensions -- Traces and characteristic classes on loop spaces -- New classical limits of quantum theories

Sommario/riassunto

The volume is a collection of refereed research papers on infinite dimensional groups and manifolds in mathematics and quantum physics. Topics covered are: new classes of Lie groups of mappings, the Burgers equation, the Chern--Weil construction in infinite dimensions, the Hamiltonian approach to quantum field theory, and different aspects of large N limits ranging from approximation methods in quantum mechanics to modular forms and string/gauge theory duality. Directed at research mathematicians and theoretical physicists as well as graduate students, the volume gives an overview of important themes of research at the forefront of mathematics and



theoretical physics.