This talk was given as a part of Plectics Labs Perspectives In Theoretical Physics Series.
Speaker: Albert Schwarz
Affiliations: University of California, Davis (Emeritus)
Date: September 24, 2024
Title: Topology and Physics
Abstract: Topological integrals of motion, magnetic monopoles in grand unification theories. Alice strings and Cheshire charge. Instantons. Atiyah-Singer index theorem, dimension of the space of instantons and Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomaly. Topological quantum field theories, Ray-Singer invariants, Chern-Simons theory, invariants of knots
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