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The geometry and physics of knots

✍ Scribed by Michael Atiyah

Book ID
127397431
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
368 KB
Series
Lezioni lincee
Edition
1
Category
Library
City
Cambridge; New York
ISBN-13
9780521395540

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✦ Synopsis

Deals with an area of research that lies at the crossroads of mathematics and physics. The material presented here rests primarily on the pioneering work of Vaughan Jones and Edward Witten relating polynomial invariants of knots to a topological quantum field theory in 2+1 dimensions. Professor Atiyah presents an introduction to Witten's ideas from the mathematical point of view. The book will be essential reading for all geometers and gauge theorists as an exposition of new and interesting ideas in a rapidly developing area.

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