Categorified symplectic geometry and the classical string

DOI10.1007/s00220-009-0951-9zbMath1192.81208arXiv0808.0246OpenAlexW3103320632WikidataQ62443464 ScholiaQ62443464MaRDI QIDQ982428

John C. Baez, Christopher L. Rogers, Alexander E. Hoffnung

Publication date: 6 July 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.0246

zbMATH Keywords

2-plectic manifold2-plectic structuredynamics of classical bosonic stringLie 2-algebra of observables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05)

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