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Geometry, Topology and Physics, Second Edition

โœ Scribed by Mikio Nakahara


Publisher
Taylor & Francis, IOP
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Leaves
596
Series
Graduate Student Series in Physics
Edition
2
Category
Library

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Differential geometry and topology have become essential tools for many theoretical physicists. In particular, they are indispensable in theoretical studies of condensed matter physics, gravity, and particle physics. Geometry, Topology and Physics, Second Edition introduces the ideas and techniques of differential geometry and topology at a level suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in these fields. The second edition of this popular and established text incorporates a number of changes designed to meet the needs of the reader and reflect the development of the subject. The book features a considerably expanded first chapter, reviewing aspects of path integral quantization and gauge theories. Chapter 2 introduces the mathematical concepts of maps, vector spaces, and topology. The following chapters focus on more elaborate concepts in geometry and topology and discuss the application of these concepts to liquid crystals, superfluid helium, general relativity, and bosonic string theory. Later chapters unify geometry and topology, exploring fiber bundles, characteristic classes, and index theorems. New to this second edition is the proof of the index theorem in terms of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The final two chapters are devoted to the most fascinating applications of geometry and topology in contemporary physics, namely the study of anomalies in gauge field theories and the analysis of Polakov's bosonic string theory from the geometrical point of view. Geometry, Topology and Physics, Second Edition is an ideal introduction to differential geometry and topology for postgraduate students and researchers in theoretical and mathematical physics.

โœฆ Table of Contents


Front Cover......Page 1
Back Cover......Page 2
Copyright Info......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
TOC......Page 8
Preface to the First Edition......Page 18
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 20
How to Read this Book......Page 22
Notation and Conventions......Page 23
1 - Quantum Physics......Page 24
2 - Mathematical Preliminaries......Page 90
3 - Homology Groups......Page 116
4 - Homotopy Groups......Page 144
5 - Manifolds......Page 192
6 - De Rham Cohomology Groups......Page 249
7 - Riemannian Geometry......Page 267
8 - Complex Manifolds......Page 331
9 - Fibre Bundles......Page 371
10 - Connections on Fibre Bundles......Page 397
11 - Characteristic Classes......Page 442
12 - Index Theorems......Page 476
13 - Anomalies in Gauge Field Theories......Page 524
14 - Bosonic String Theory......Page 551
References......Page 583
Index......Page 588


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