Quantum Groups in Two-Dimensional Physics

by Germán Sierra and Martí Ruiz-Altaba

Book Overview

This 1996 book is an introduction to integrability and conformal field theory in two dimensions using quantum groups. The book begins with a brief introduction to S-matrices, spin chains and vertex models as a prelude to the study of Yang-Baxter algebras and the Bethe ansatz. The basic ideas of integrable systems are then introduced, giving particular emphasis to vertex and face models. Special attention is given to explaining the underlying mathematical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521020042
• ISBN13: 9780521020046
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.6"