Supermanifolds : theory and applications / Alice Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Alice (Frances Alice)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supermanifolds (Mathematics).

Differentiable manifolds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book aims to fill the gap in the available literature on supermanifolds, describing the different approaches to supermanifolds together with various applications to physics, including some which rely on the more mathematical aspects of supermanifold theory. The first part of the book contains a full introduction to the theory of supermanifolds, comparing and contrasting the different approaches that exist. Topics covered include tensors on supermanifolds, super fibre bundles, super Lie groups and integration theory. Later chapters emphasise applications, including the superspace approach

Contents:

Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Super algebras; 3. Superspace; 4. Functions of anticommuting variables; 5. Supermanifolds: The concrete approach; 6. Functions and vector fields; 7. Supermanifolds: The algebro-geometric approach; 8. The structure of supermanifolds; 9. Super Lie groups; 10. Tensors and forms; 11. Integration on supermanifolds; 12. Geometric structures on supermanifolds; 13. Supermanifolds and supersymmetric theories; 14. Super Riemann surfaces; 15. Path integrals on supermanifolds; 16. Supermanifolds and BRST quantization; 17. Supermanifolds and geometry

Appendix A. NotationBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography (p. 239-248) and index.

ISBN:

9786611120726

9781281120724

1281120723

9789812708854

9812708855

OCLC:

476099786