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Record Nr.

UNISA996485661903316

Autore

Moshayedi Nima

Titolo

Kontsevich’s Deformation Quantization and Quantum Field Theory [[electronic resource] /] / by Nima Moshayedi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783031051227

9783031051210

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, , 1617-9692 ; ; 2311

Disciplina

530.143

Soggetti

Geometry, Differential

Manifolds (Mathematics)

Global analysis (Mathematics)

Quantum physics

Differential Geometry

Manifolds and Cell Complexes

Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds

Quantum Physics

Teoria quàntica de camps

Matemàtica

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an introduction to deformation quantization and its relation to quantum field theory, with a focus on the constructions of Kontsevich and Cattaneo & Felder. This subject originated from an attempt to understand the mathematical structure when passing from a commutative classical algebra of observables to a non-commutative quantum algebra of observables. Developing deformation quantization as a semi-classical limit of the expectation value for a certain observable with respect to a special sigma model, the book carefully describes the relationship between the involved algebraic and field-



theoretic methods. The connection to quantum field theory leads to the study of important new field theories and to insights in other parts of mathematics such as symplectic and Poisson geometry, and integrable systems. Based on lectures given by the author at the University of Zurich, the book will be of interest to graduate students in mathematics or theoretical physics. Readers will be able to begin the first chapter after a basic course in Analysis, Linear Algebra and Topology, and references are provided for more advanced prerequisites.