A Mathematical Introduction to Conformal Field Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783642088155)

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.

Author: Martin Schottenloher
ISBN-10: 3642088155
ISBN-13: 9783642088155
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 11/25/2010
Pages: 249
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d