Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, Cohomology and Some Applications in Physics

Name: Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, Cohomology and Some Applications in Physics
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ISBN: 9780521597005

ISBN-10: 0521597005

ISBN-13: 9780521597005

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Jose A. De Azcï¿½rraga, Jose M. Izquierdo, P. V. Landshoff, D. R. Nelson, D. W. Sciama

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This text provides a self-contained introduction to the cohomology theory of lie groups and algebras, and to some of its applications in physics.

Book details

List price: $93.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/6/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 476
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.72" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.650

Peter Landshoff qualified for his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1962. He is Professor of Mathematical Physics there and is Vice-Master of Christ's College.



Preface



Lie groups, fibre bundles and Cartan calculus



Connections and characteristic classes



A first look at cohomology of groups and related topics



An introduction to abstract group extension theory



Cohomology groups of a group G and extensions by an abelian kernel



Cohomology of Lie algebras



Group extensions by non-abelian kernels



Cohomology and Wess-Zumino terms: an introduction



Infinite-dimensional Lie groups and algebras



Gauge anomalies


List of symbols


References


Index