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Lectures on 2D Yang-Mills, Equivariant cohomology, and topological field theories

By Cordes , Moore , Ramgoolam.

Book information

Year
1994
ISBN
174-175-141-1
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1370507 bytes)
Series
hep-th_9411210
Pages
247\247
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

These are expository lectures reviewing A) recent developments in two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory and B) the construction of topological field theory Lagrangians. Topological field theory is discussed from the point of view of infinite-dimensional differential geometry. We emphasize the unifying role of equivariant cohomology both as the underlying principle in the formulation of BRST transformation laws and as a central concept in the geometrical interpretation of topological field theory path integrals.

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