Topological sigma models

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Publication:1121579


DOI10.1007/BF01466725zbMath0674.58047WikidataQ56270328 ScholiaQ56270328MaRDI QIDQ1121579

Edward Witten

Publication date: 1988

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


81T60: Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics

58Z05: Applications of global analysis to the sciences

81T30: String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory

58J70: Invariance and symmetry properties for PDEs on manifolds

58C50: Analysis on supermanifolds or graded manifolds


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