John c baez ed (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. xiii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Oxford lecture series in mathematics and its applications, 1. Contents: The Loop Formulation of Gauge Theory and Gravity / Renate Loll Representation Theory of Analytic Holonomy C*-algebras / Abhay Ashtekar and Jerzy Lewandowski The Gauss Linking Number in Quantum Gravity / Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin Vassiliev Invariants and the Loop States in Quantum Gravity / Louis H. Kauffman Geometric Structures and Loop Variables in (2+1)-Dimensional Gravity / Steven Carlip From Chern-Simons to WZW via Path Integrals / Dana S. Fine Topological Field Theory as the Key to Quantum Gravity / Louis Crane Strings, Loops, Knots, and Gauge Fields / John C. Baez BF Theories and 2-knots / Paolo Cotta-Ramusino and Maurizio Martellini Knotted Surfaces, Braid Movies, and Beyond / J. Scott Carter and Masahico Saito.…