Lie groups and Chern-Simons Theory

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Authors Benjamin Himpel

Publication date 22 July 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

Abstract: Witten introduced classical Chern-Simons theory to topology in 1989, when he defined an invariant for knots in 3-manifolds by an integral over a certain infinite-dimensional space, which up to today have not been entirely understood. However, they motivated lots of interesting questions and results in knot theory and low-dimensional topology, as well as the development of entirely new fields. These are lecture notes for a course in Lie groups and Chern-Simons Theory aimed at graduate students.

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