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Book DetailsMathematical Surveys and MonographsVolume: 58; 1998; 198 ppMSC: Primary 81; Secondary 17
This book is devoted to mathematical structures arising in conformal field theory and the \(q\)-deformations. The authors give a self-contained exposition of the theory of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations and related topics. No previous knowledge of physics is required. The text is suitable for a one-semester graduate course.
ReadershipGraduate students and research mathematicians interested in mathematical physics.
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Table of Contents
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Chapters
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Lecture 1. Introduction
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Lecture 2. Representations of finite-dimensional and affine Lie algebras
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Lecture 3. Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations
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Lecture 4. Solutions of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations
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Lecture 5. Free field realization
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Lecture 6. Quantum groups
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Lecture 7. Local systems and configuration spaces
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Lecture 8. Monodromy of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations
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Lecture 9. Quantum affine algebras
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Lecture 10. Quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations
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Lecture 11. Solutions of the quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations for $\mathfrak {sl}_2$
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Lecture 12. Connection matrices for the quantum Knizhnik-Zamolod- chikov equations and elliptic functions
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Lecture 13. Current developments and future perspectives
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This book is devoted to mathematical structures arising in conformal field theory and the \(q\)-deformations. The authors give a self-contained exposition of the theory of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations and related topics. No previous knowledge of physics is required. The text is suitable for a one-semester graduate course.
Graduate students and research mathematicians interested in mathematical physics.
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Chapters
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Lecture 1. Introduction
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Lecture 2. Representations of finite-dimensional and affine Lie algebras
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Lecture 3. Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations
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Lecture 4. Solutions of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations
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Lecture 5. Free field realization
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Lecture 6. Quantum groups
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Lecture 7. Local systems and configuration spaces
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Lecture 8. Monodromy of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations
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Lecture 9. Quantum affine algebras
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Lecture 10. Quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations
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Lecture 11. Solutions of the quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations for $\mathfrak {sl}_2$
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Lecture 12. Connection matrices for the quantum Knizhnik-Zamolod- chikov equations and elliptic functions
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Lecture 13. Current developments and future perspectives