02785nam 2200661Ia 450 991045110570332120200520144314.01-281-86700-497866118670031-86094-737-9(CKB)1000000000336335(EBL)296109(OCoLC)476063391(SSID)ssj0000139821(PQKBManifestationID)11154906(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139821(PQKBWorkID)10029260(PQKB)11206399(MiAaPQ)EBC296109(WSP)00000056 (Au-PeEL)EBL296109(CaPaEBR)ebr10174050(CaONFJC)MIL186700(EXLCZ)99100000000033633520051121d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiscrete gauge theory[electronic resource] from lattices to TQFT /Robert OecklLondon Imperial College Press20051 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86094-579-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Contents; 1. Quantization of Discretized Gauge Theories; 2. Topology: Decomposition of Manifolds; 3. Categories and Diagrams; 4. Representation Theory: Groups & Hopf Algebras; 5. Cellular Gauge Theory; 6. Topological Quantum Field Theory; 7. Related Constructions; 8. Applications to Lattice Models and Quantum Gravity; References; IndexThis book provides an introduction to topological quantum field theory as well as discrete gauge theory with quantum groups. In contrast to much of the existing literature, the present approach is at the same time intuitive and mathematically rigorous, making extensive use of suitable diagrammatic methods. It provides a highly unified description of lattice gauge theory, topological quantum field theory and models of quantum (super)gravity. The reader is thus in a unique position to understand the relations between these subjects as well as the underlying groundwork. Gauge fields (Physics)Quantum groupsQuantum field theoryQuantum gravityHopf algebrasElectronic books.Gauge fields (Physics)Quantum groups.Quantum field theory.Quantum gravity.Hopf algebras.530.1435Oeckl Robert906945MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451105703321Discrete gauge theory2028797UNINA