Supersymmetry and equivariant de Rham theory

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Supersymmetry and equivariant de Rham theory

Victor W. Guillemin, Shlomo Sternberg

Springer, 1999

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book discusses the equivariant cohomology theory of differentiable manifolds. Although this subject has gained great popularity since the early 1980's, it has not before been the subject of a monograph. It covers almost all important aspects of the subject The authors are key authorities in this field.

Table of Contents

  • 1 Equivariant Cohomology in Topology.- 3 The Weil Algebra.- 4 The Weil Model and the Cartan Model.- 5 Cartan's Formula.- 6 Spectral Sequences.- 7 Fermionic Integration.- 8 Characteristic Classes.- 9 Equivariant Symplectic Forms.- 10 The Thom Class and Localization.- 11 The Abstract Localization Theorem.- Notions d'algebre differentielle
  • application aux groupes de Lie et aux varietes ou opere un groupe de Lie: Henri Cartan.- La transgression dans un groupe de Lie et dans un espace fibre principal: Henri Cartan.

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  • NCID
    BA41242809
  • ISBN
    • 354064797X
  • LCCN
    99018482
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiii, 228 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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