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Subfactors and Knots

Door Vaughan F. R. Jones

Categorie
Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer
#342605-ZA27
Titel
Subfactors and Knots
Auteur
Jones, Vaughan F. R.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society
Jaar van uitgave
1991
ISBN10
0821807293
ISBN13
9780821807293
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with numerous equations and diagrams, 8vo. CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics, 80.
Samenvatting
This book is based on a set of lectures presented by the author at the NSF-CBMS Regional Conference, Applications of Operator Algebras to Knot Theory and Mathematical Physics, held at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis in June 1988. The audience consisted of low-dimensional topologists and operator algebraists, so the speaker attempted to make the material comprehensible to both groups. He provides an extensive introduction to the theory of von Neumann algebras and to knot theory and braid groups. The presentation follows the historical development of the theory of subfactors and the ensuing applications to knot theory, including full proofs of some of the major results. The author treats in detail the Homfly and Kauffman polynomials, introduces statistical mechanical methods on knot dia... (Lees verder)grams, and attempts an analogy with conformal field theory. Written by one of the foremost mathematicians of the day, this book will give readers an appreciation of the unexpected interconnections between different parts of mathematics and physics.
Pagina's
113
Conditie
Goed — Name in pen on title page.
Prijs
€ 30,00

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