Topological quantum field theory: A Progress report

Nov, 1995
17 pages
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  • USC-FT-26-95

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Abstract:
A brief introduction to Topological Quantum Field Theory as well as a description of recent progress made in the field is presented. I concentrate mainly on the connection between Chern-Simons gauge theory and Vassiliev invariants, and Donaldson theory and its generalizations and Seiberg-Witten invariants. Emphasis is made on the usefulness of these relations to obtain explicit expressions for topological invariants, and on the universal structure underlying both systems.
  • talk: Santiago de Compostela 1995/09/18
  • field theory: topological
  • supersymmetry
  • gauge field theory: Chern-Simons term
  • Donaldson theory
  • bibliography
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