Morse theory interpretation of topological quantum field theories

DOI10.1007/BF01218589zbMath0698.58014MaRDI QIDQ912444

José M. F. Labastida

Publication date: 1989

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

zbMATH Keywords

Morse theoryEuler characteristicGauss-Bonnet theoremtopological quantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

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