Vertex algebras and algebraic curves /

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Author / Creator:Frenkel, Edward, 1968-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2004.
Description:xiii, 400 p. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Mathematical surveys and monographs, 0076-5376 ; v. 88
Mathematical surveys and monographs ; no. 88.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6227054
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Other authors / contributors:Ben-Zvi, David, 1974-
ISBN:0821836749 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780821836743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-391) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Definition of vertex algebras
  • Vertex algebras associated to Lie algebras
  • Associativity and operator product expansion
  • Applications of the operator product expansion
  • Modules over vertex algebras and more examples
  • Vertex algebra bundles Action of internal symmetries
  • Vertex algebra bundles: Examples Conformal blocks I Conformal blocks II Free field realization I Free field realization II
  • The Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations
  • Solving the KZ equations Quantum Drinfeld-Sokolov reduction and $\mathcal{{W}}$-algebras
  • Vertex Lie algebras and classical limits Vertex algebras and moduli spaces I
  • Vertex algebras and moduli spaces II Chiral algebras Factorization
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • List of frequently used notation