Topology, Geometry and Quantum Field Theory Proceedings of the 2002 Oxford Symposium in Honour of the 60th Birthday of Graeme Segal
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Participants
- Introduction
- Part I Contributions
- 1 A variant of K-theory: K±
- 2 Two-vector bundles and forms of elliptic cohomology
- 3 Geometric realization of the Segal–Sugawara construction
- 4 Differential isomorphism and equivalence of algebraic varieties
- 5 A polarized view of string topology
- 6 Random matrices and Calabi–Yau geometry
- 7 A survey of the topological properties of symplectomorphism groups
- 8 K-theory from a physical perspective
- 9 Heisenberg groups and algebraic topology
- 10 What is an elliptic object?
- 11 Open and closed string field theory interpreted in classical algebraic topology
- 12 K-theory of the moduli space of bundles on a surface and deformations of the Verlinde algebra
- 13 Cohomology of the stable mapping class group
- 14 Conformal field theory in four and six dimensions
- Part II The definition of conformal field theory
- Foreword and postscript
- The definition of CFT
- References
6 - Random matrices and Calabi–Yau geometry
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Participants
- Introduction
- Part I Contributions
- 1 A variant of K-theory: K±
- 2 Two-vector bundles and forms of elliptic cohomology
- 3 Geometric realization of the Segal–Sugawara construction
- 4 Differential isomorphism and equivalence of algebraic varieties
- 5 A polarized view of string topology
- 6 Random matrices and Calabi–Yau geometry
- 7 A survey of the topological properties of symplectomorphism groups
- 8 K-theory from a physical perspective
- 9 Heisenberg groups and algebraic topology
- 10 What is an elliptic object?
- 11 Open and closed string field theory interpreted in classical algebraic topology
- 12 K-theory of the moduli space of bundles on a surface and deformations of the Verlinde algebra
- 13 Cohomology of the stable mapping class group
- 14 Conformal field theory in four and six dimensions
- Part II The definition of conformal field theory
- Foreword and postscript
- The definition of CFT
- References
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- Topology, Geometry and Quantum Field TheoryProceedings of the 2002 Oxford Symposium in Honour of the 60th Birthday of Graeme Segal, pp. 155 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004