A quantum field theoretic description of linking numbers and their generalization

DOI10.1007/BF02099875zbMath0699.57012MaRDI QIDQ913318

Mark Srednicki, Gary T. Horowitz

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Ray-Singer torsiondimensional manifoldgeneralized linking numberlinking number of two surfaces of dimension p and n-p-1 in an nlinking number of two surfaces of dimension p and n-p-1 in an n dimensional manifoldtwo-point function of a simple topological field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Embeddings in differential topology (57R40) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19)

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