Loop groups
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Loop groups
（Oxford mathematical monographs）（Oxford science publications）
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1988, c1986
- : pbk
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"First published in paperback (with corrections) 1988" -- t.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [304]-310
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Loop groups are the simplest class of infinite dimensional Lie groups, and have important applications in elementary particle physics. They have recently been studied intensively, and the theory is now well developed, involving ideas from several areas of mathematics - algebra, geometry, analysis, and combinatorics. The mathematics of quantum field theory is an important ingredient. This book gives a complete and self-contained account of what is known about the
subject and it is written from a geometrical and analytical point of view, with quantum field theory very much in mind. The mathematics used in connection with loop groups is interesting and important beyond its immediate applications and the authors have tried to make the book accessible to
mathematicians in many fields.
The hardback edition was published in December 1986.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- PART 1 - Finite dimensional lie groups
- Groups of smooth maps
- Central extensions
- The root system: KAC-Moody algebras
- Loop groups as groups of operators in Hilbert space
- The Grassmannian of Hilbert space and the determinant line bundle
- The fundamental homogeneous space. PART 2 - Representation theory
- The fundamental representation
- The Borel-Weil theory
- The spin representation
- 'Blips' or 'vertex operators'
- The KAC character formula and the Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand resolution
- References
- Index of notation
- Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"
