Geometric quantization
β Scribed by N. M. J. Woodhouse
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 164
- Series
- Oxford mathematical monographs
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The geometric approach to quantization was introduced by Konstant and Souriau more than 20 years ago. It has given valuable and lasting insights into the relationship between classical and quantum systems, and continues to be a popular research topic. The ideas have proved useful in pure mathematics, notably in representation theory, as well as in theoretical physics. The most recent applications have been in conformal field theory and in the Jones-Witten theory of knots. The successful original edition of this book was published in 1980. Now it has been completely revised and extensively rewritten. The presentation has been simplified and many new examples have been added. The material on field theory has been expanded.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
<p>This book contains a revised and expanded version of the lecture notes of two seminar series given during the academic year 1976/77 at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Calgary, and in the summer of 1978 at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Technical Univ