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Differential Geometrical Methods in Theoretical Physics

Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 250)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. The Impact of Physics on Geometry

    1. The Impact of Physics on Geometry

      • Michael Atiyah
      Pages 1-9
  3. Mathematical Contributions

    1. Weyl’s Program and Modern Physics

      • George W. Mackey
      Pages 11-36
    2. Elliptic Genera of Level N for Complex Manifolds

      • Friedrich Hirzebruch
      Pages 37-63
    3. On E 10

      • V. G. Kac, R. V. Moody, M. Wakimoto
      Pages 109-128
  4. Special Aspects of String Theory

    1. Operator Methods in String Theory

      • Luis Alvarez-Gaumé
      Pages 129-144
  5. Two Classical Domains: — Symplectic Structures in Physics — General Relativity

    1. The pairing method and bosonic anomalies

      • Shlomo Stemberg
      Pages 261-293
    2. Towards a Renormalizable Theory of Quantum Gravity

      • Yuval Ne’eman, Djordje Šijački
      Pages 333-343
    3. Gauge Theory for Diffeomorphism Groups

      • Peter W. Michor
      Pages 345-371

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`Anybody ... will find in this book a lot of new original information and inspiration for further research.'
Class Quantum Grav, 7, 1990

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Theoretical Nuclear Physics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    K. Bleuler, M. Werner

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