A quantum field theoretic description of linking numbers and their generalization
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Publication:913318
DOI10.1007/BF02099875zbMath0699.57012MaRDI QIDQ913318
Mark Srednicki, Gary T. Horowitz
Publication date: 1990
Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
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
Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Embeddings in differential topology (57R40) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19)
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