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Topological Field Theory, Primitive Forms and Related Topics

By Masaki Kashiwara , Tomoyuki Arakawa , Takeshi Suzuki (auth.) , Atsushi Matsuo , Kyoji Saito , Ikuo Satake (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Basel
Year
1998
ISBN
978-1-4612-6874-1, 978-1-4612-0705-4
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-0705-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
39 MB (40581466 bytes)
Series
Progress in Mathematics 160
Edition
1
Pages
493\491
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Field Theory and Polynomials; Algebraic Topology;

Description

As the interaction of mathematics and theoretical physics continues to intensify, the theories developed in mathematics are being applied to physics, and conversely. This book centers around the theory of primitive forms which currently plays an active and key role in topological field theory (theoretical physics), but was originally developed as a mathematical notion to define a "good period mapping" for a family of analytic structures. The invited papers in this volume are expository in nature by participants of the Taniguchi Symposium on "Topological Field Theory, Primitive Forms and Related Topics" and the RIMS Symposium bearing the same title, both held in Kyoto. The papers reflect the broad research of some of the world's leading mathematical physicists, and should serve as an excellent resource for researchers as well as graduate students of both disciplines.

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