Topological quantum field theories

DOI10.1007/BF02698547zbMath0692.53053OpenAlexW2012997603WikidataQ56270324 ScholiaQ56270324MaRDI QIDQ583637

Michael F. Atiyah

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Publications Mathématiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.numdam.org/item?id=PMIHES_1988__68__175_0

zbMATH Keywords

topological quantum field theoriesCasson theoryFloer/Donaldson theoryFloer/Gromov theoryholomorphic conformal field theoriesJohnson theoryJones/Witten theoryThursten theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Topological manifolds (57N99)

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