LEADER 03431cam a22003254a 4500 001 991001769509707536 008 120628s2010 nyua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a9780521764827 (hardback) 035 $ab14067675-39ule_inst 040 $aDip.to Fisica$beng 082 00$a530.14/301516$222 084 $aLC QC20.7.D52 084 $a53.1.4 245 00$aGeometric and topological methods for quantum field theory /$cedited by Hernâan Ocampo, Eddy Pariguān, Sylvie Paycha 260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010 300 $axii, 421 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm 504 $aIncludes bibliographical references 505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The impact of QFT on low-dimensional topology Paul Kirk; 2. Differential equations aspects of quantum cohomology Martin A. Guest; 3. Index theory and groupoids Claire Debord and Jean-Marie Lescure; 4. Renormalization Hopf algebras and combinatorial groups Alessandra Frabetti; 5. BRS invariance for massive boson fields Jose; M. Gracia-Bondi;a; 6. Large N field theories and geometry David Berenstein; 7. Functional renormalization group equations, asymptotic safety, and quantum Einstein gravity Martin Reuter and Frank Saueressig; 8. When is a differentiable manifold the boundary of an orbifold? Andre;s Angel; 9. Canonical group quantization, rotation generators and quantum indistinguishability Carlos Benavides and Andre;s Reyes-Lega; 10. Conserved currents in Ka;hler manifolds Jaime R. Camacaro and Juan Carlos Moreno; 11. A symmetrized canonical determinant on odd-class pseudodifferential operators Marie-Franðcoise Ouedraogo; 12. Some remarks about cosymplectic metrics on maximal flag manifolds Marlio Paredes and Sofia Pinzâon; 13. Heisenberg modules over real multiplication noncommutative tori and related algebraic structures Jorge Plazas; Index 520 $a"Aimed at graduate students in physics and mathematics, this book provides an introduction to recent developments in several active topics at the interface between algebra, geometry, topology and quantum field theory. The first part of the book begins with an account of important results in geometric topology. It investigates the differential equation aspects of quantum cohomology, before moving on to noncommutative geometry. This is followed by a further exploration of quantum field theory and gauge theory, describing AdS/CFT correspondence, and the functional renormalization group approach to quantum gravity. The second part covers a wide spectrum of topics on the borderline of mathematics and physics, ranging from orbifolds to quantum indistinguishability and involving a manifold of mathematical tools borrowed from geometry, algebra and analysis. Each chapter presents introductory material before moving on to more advanced results. The chapters are self-contained and can be read independently of the rest"--Provided by publisher 650 4$aGeometry, Differential 650 4$aQuantum theory. 700 1 $aOcampo, Hernān 700 1 $aPariguān, Eddy 700 1 $aPaycha, Sylvie 907 $a.b14067675$b02-04-14$c28-06-12 912 $a991001769509707536 945 $aLE006 53.1.4 OCA$g1$i2006000167062$lle006$op$pE95.06$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i15428990$z28-06-12 996 $aGeometric and topological methods for quantum field theory$9239592 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale006$b28-06-12$cm$da $e-$feng$gnyu$h0$i0