Twenty five years of two-dimensional rational conformal field theory

DOI10.1063/1.3277118zbMATH Open1417.81016arXiv0910.3145OpenAlexW2051979831MaRDI QIDQ3580896FDOQ3580896

Authors: Jürgen Fuchs, Ingo Runkel, Christoph Schweigert 

Publication date: 13 August 2010

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

Abstract: In this article we try to give a condensed panoramic view of the development of two-dimensional rational conformal field theory in the last twenty-five years.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.3145

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) History of quantum theory (81-03)

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