
A Guide to Quantum Groups
Cambridge University Press
Published on 27. July 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
668 pages
978-0-521-55884-6 (ISBN)
Description
Since they first arose in the 1970s and early 1980s, quantum groups have proved to be of great interest to mathematicians and theoretical physicists. The theory of quantum groups is now well established as a fascinating chapter of representation theory, and has thrown new light on many different topics, notably low-dimensional topology and conformal field theory. The goal of this book is to give a comprehensive view of quantum groups and their applications. The authors build on a self-contained account of the foundations of the subject and go on to treat the more advanced aspects concisely and with detailed references to the literature. Thus this book can serve both as an introduction for the newcomer, and as a guide for the more experienced reader. All who have an interest in the subject will welcome this unique treatment of quantum groups.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1068 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-55884-6 (9780521558846)
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Vyjayanthi Chari | Andrew N. Pressley
A Guide to Quantum Groups
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09/1994
Cambridge University Press
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Vyjayanthi Chari | Andrew N. Pressley
A Guide to Quantum Groups
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09/1994
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Author
University of California, Riverside
King's College London
Content
Introduction; 1. Poisson-Lie groups and Lie bialgebras; 2. Coboundary Poisson-Lie groups and the classical Yang-Baxter equation; 3. Solutions of the classical Yang-Baxter equation; 4. Quasitriangular Hopf algebras; 5. Representations and quasitensor categories; 6. Quantization of Lie bialgebras; 7. Quantized function algebras; 8. Structure of QUE algebras: the universal R-matrix; 9. Specializations of QUE algebras; 10. Representations of QUE algebras: the generic case; 11. Representations of QUE algebras: the root of unity case; 12. Infinite-dimensional quantum groups; 13. Quantum harmonic analysis; 14. Canonical bases; 15. Quantum group invariants of knots and 3-manifolds; 16. Quasi-Hopf algebras and the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation; Appendix. The Kac-Moody algebras.