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A Mathematical Introduction to Conformal Field Theory

A Mathematical Introduction to Conformal Field Theory

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Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, Book 759

AlgebraGeneral MathematicsPhysics

ISBN10: 3642088155
ISBN13: 9783642088155
Publisher: Springer
Published: Nov 25 2010
Pages: 249
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Mathematical Preliminaries.- Conformal Transformations and Conformal Killing Fields.- The Conformal Group.- Central Extensions of Groups.- Central Extensions of Lie Algebras and Bargmann's Theorem.- The Virasoro Algebra.- First Steps Toward Conformal Field Theory.- Representation Theory of the Virasoro Algebra.- String Theory as a Conformal Field Theory.- Axioms of Relativistic Quantum Field Theory.- Foundations of Two-Dimensional Conformal Quantum Field Theory.- Vertex Algebras.- Mathematical Aspects of the Verlinde Formula.- Appendix A.

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