Discrete gauge theory : from lattices to TQFT /

Discrete gauge theory : from lattices to TQFT /

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Author / Creator:	Oeckl, Robert.
Imprint:	London : Imperial College Press, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 202 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Gauge fields (Physics) Quantum groups. Quantum field theory. Quantum gravity. Hopf algebras. Gauge fields (Physics) Hopf algebras. Quantum field theory. Quantum gravity. Quantum groups. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170911

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ISBN:	1860947379 9781860947377 9781860945793 1860945791 1860945791 1281867004 9781281867001 9786611867003 6611867007
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This 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.
Other form:	Print version: Oeckl, Robert. Discrete gauge theory. London : Imperial College Press, 2005 1860945791

Table of Contents:

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; Index.