The Geometry of the Master Equation and Topological Quantum Field Theory
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DOI10.1142/S0217751X97001031zbMath1073.81655arXivhep-th/9502010OpenAlexW2169107602MaRDI QIDQ2773959
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Publication date: 27 February 2002
Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9502010
Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Moduli problems for topological structures (58D29) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)
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