Chern-Simons Theory, Matrix Models, and Topological Strings

by Marcos Mariño

Book Overview

In recent years, the old idea that gauge theories and string theories are equivalent has been implemented and developed in various ways, and there are by now various models where the string theory / gauge theory correspondence is at work. One of the most important examples of this correspondence relates Chern-Simons theory, a topological gauge theory in three dimensions which describes knot and three-manifold invariants, to topological string theory,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198568495
• ISBN13: 9780198568490
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.5"