Exercises in equivariant cohomology and topological theories

1996/11/15 by R. Stora, Raymond Stora, Stora, Raymond · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9611116

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arxiv created 1996/11/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

Equivariant cohomology is suggested as an alternative algebraic framework for the definition of topological field theories constructed by E. Witten circa 1988. It also enlightens the classical Faddeev Popov gauge fixing procedure.

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