Lectures on quantum geometry

DOI10.1016/0920-5632(95)00432-9zbMath0991.81574OpenAlexW2040916005MaRDI QIDQ5927044

Brian R. Greene

Publication date: 8 March 2001

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B. Proceedings Supplements (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0920-5632(95)00432-9

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Applications of deformations of analytic structures to the sciences (32G81) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Relationships between surfaces, higher-dimensional varieties, and physics (14J81)

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