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Nankai Lectures on Mathematical Physics

INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM GROUP AND INTEGRABLE MASSIVE MODELS OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Nankai Inst. of Mathematics, China 4 - 18 May 1989

edited by Mo-Lin Ge (Nankai) & Bao-Heng Zhao (Beijing)

The Proceedings consists of 6 lectures each from Prof L Takhtajan and Prof F Smirnov which were presented during the workshop.


Contents:

  • Lectures on Integrable Massive Models of Quantum Field Theory (F A Smirnov):
  • General Problems of the Quantum Field Theory. Completely Integrable Models
  • Space of States. Form Factors. A Set of Axioms for Form Factors
  • Local Commutativity and Asymptotic Conditions
  • Form Factors in SU(2)-Invariant Thirring Model
  • Necessary Properties of the Currents Form Factors in SU(2)-Invariant Thirring Model
  • Properties of Currents in SU(2)-Invariant Thirring Model
  • Lectures on Quantum Groups (L A Takhtajan):
  • Historical Introduction. Algebraic Background
  • Poisson-Lie Groups, CYBE and Modified CYBE. Connection with ISM. Lie-Algebraic Meaning of CYBE and Modified CYBE
  • Quantization Procedure as a Deformation of the Algebra of Classical Observables
  • Weyl Quantization. Quantization of Poisson-Lie Groups Associated with CYBE
  • QYBE
  • Quantization of Poisson-Lie Groups Associated with Modified CYBE. Quantum Matrix Algebras. Quantum Determinant and Quantum Groups SL(n) and GL (n)
  • Quantum Vector Spaces for the Quantum Groups SLq(n), GLq(n) and their Real Forms. Quantum Groups Oq(N), SPq(n), Quantum Vector Spaces Associated with them and their Real Forms
  • Quantization of the Universal Enveloping Algebras of the Simple Lie Algebras. Elements of the Representations Theory


Readership: Mathematical physicists.

208pp Pub. date: Sept 1990
ISBN 981-02-0207-5 US$65 / £45
ISBN 981-02-0208-3(pbk) US$38 / £26


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