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Kontsevich’s Deformation Quantization and Quantum Field Theory

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  1. Nima Moshayedi

    1. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  • Explains the connection between Kontsevich's deformation quantization and QFT

  • Provides a concise introduction to Differential, Symplectic and Poisson Geometry

  • Includes numerous examples and exercises

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 2311)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-5

  3. Foundations of Differential Geometry

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    Pages 7-84

  4. Symplectic Geometry

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    Pages 85-139

  5. Poisson Geometry

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    Pages 141-163

  6. Deformation Quantization

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    Pages 165-232

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 321-336
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About this book

This book provides an introduction to deformation quantization and its relation to quantum field theory, with a focus on the constructions of Kontsevich and Cattaneo & Felder.  This subject originated from an attempt to understand the mathematical structure when passing from a commutative classical algebra of observables to a non-commutative quantum algebra of observables. Developing deformation quantization as a semi-classical limit of the expectation value for a certain observable with respect to a special sigma model, the book carefully describes the relationship between the involved algebraic and field-theoretic methods. The connection to quantum field theory leads to the study of important new field theories and to insights in other parts of mathematics such as symplectic and Poisson geometry, and integrable systems.
 
Based on lectures given by the author at the University of Zurich, the book will be of interest to graduate students in mathematics or theoretical physics. Readers will be able to begin the first chapter after a basic course in Analysis, Linear Algebra and Topology, and references are provided for more advanced prerequisites.
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Keywords

  • Deformation Quantization
  • Differential Geometry
  • Symplectic Geometry
  • Poisson Sigma Model
  • Quantum Field Theory
  • Weyl-Moyal Quantization
  • Feynman Graphs
  • Batalin-Vilkovisky
  • Gauge Theory
  • Cattaneo-Felder
  • L-infinity Algebras
  • Poisson Geometry
  • Path Integral Quantization
  • Kontsevich
  • Toplogical Quantum Field Theory
  • BRST
  • Faddeev-Popov
  • AKSZ Theories
  • Configuration Spaces
  • Fedosov Quantization
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Nima Moshayedi

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