Topology, Geometry and Gauge Fields
Foundations
Seiten
1997
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-94946-8 (ISBN)
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-94946-8 (ISBN)
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Through detailed calculations of a number of concrete examples, this book displays an introduction to topology and geometry that reflects the recent impact of gauge theory. This text should be accessible to first year graduate students of mathematics and physics.
This is a book on topology and geometry and, like any books on subjects as vast as these, it has a point-of-view that guided the selection of topics. Naber takes the view that the rekindled interest that mathematics and physics have shown in each other of late should be fostered and that this is best accomplished by allowing them to cohabit. The book weaves together rudimentary notions from the classical gauge theory of physics with the topological and geometrical concepts that became the mathemtical models of these notions. We ask the reader to come to us with some vague notion of what an electromagnetic field might be, a willingness to accept a few of the more elementary pronouncements of quantum mechanics, a solid background in real analysis and linear algebra and some of the vocabulary of modern algebra. To such a reader we offer an excursion that begins with the definition of a topological space and finds its way eventually to the moduli space of anti-self-dual SU(2) connections on S4 with instanton number -1.
This is a book on topology and geometry and, like any books on subjects as vast as these, it has a point-of-view that guided the selection of topics. Naber takes the view that the rekindled interest that mathematics and physics have shown in each other of late should be fostered and that this is best accomplished by allowing them to cohabit. The book weaves together rudimentary notions from the classical gauge theory of physics with the topological and geometrical concepts that became the mathemtical models of these notions. We ask the reader to come to us with some vague notion of what an electromagnetic field might be, a willingness to accept a few of the more elementary pronouncements of quantum mechanics, a solid background in real analysis and linear algebra and some of the vocabulary of modern algebra. To such a reader we offer an excursion that begins with the definition of a topological space and finds its way eventually to the moduli space of anti-self-dual SU(2) connections on S4 with instanton number -1.
Contents: Preface.- Physical and geometrical motivation 1 Topological spaces.- Homotopy groups.- Principal bundles.- Differentiable manifolds and matrix Lie groups.- Gauge fields and Instantons. Appendix. References. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.1997 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Texts in Applied Mathematics ; v.25 |
| Zusatzinfo | 46 black & white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 1690 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-387-94946-1 / 0387949461 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-94946-8 / 9780387949468 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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