Braid Group Knot Theory and Statistical Mechanics

Ge, M.L. & C.N. Yang (editors)

ISBN 10: 9971508338 / ISBN 13: 9789971508333

Published by Singapore/New Jersey/London/Hong Kong : World Scientific, 1989

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Paperback, illustrated with numerous equations, graphs and diagrams, 8vo. Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics, 9.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Braid Group Knot Theory and Statistical Mechanics
• Publisher: Singapore/New Jersey/London/Hong Kong : World Scientific
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9971508338
• ISBN 13: 9789971508333
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

"The first volume might be especially useful for specialists in its subject, but it also contains good expositions for nonspecialists."

Acta Sci. Math. (Szeged)

Contents: Notes on Subfactors and Statistical Mechanics (V F R Jones); Polynomial Invariants in Knot Theory (L H Kauffman); Algebras of Loops on Surfaces, Algebras of Knots, and Quantization (V G Turaev); Quantum Groups (L Faddeev et al.); Introduction to the Yang-Baxter Equation (M Jimbo); Integrable Systems Related to Braid Groups and Yang-Baxter Equation (T Kohno); The Yang-Baxter Relation: A New Tool for Knot Theory (Y Akutsu et al.); Akutsu-Wadati Link Polynomials from Feynman-Kauffman Diagrams (M-L Ge et al.); Quantum Field Theory and the Jones Polynomial (E Witten)

Review

"The first volume might be especially useful for specialists in its subject, but it also contains good expositions for nonspecialists." Acta Sci. Math. (Szeged)