Quantum Field Theory for Mathematicians

Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications #72

by Robin Ticciati

Ticciati's approach to quantum field theory falls between building a mathematical model of the subject and presenting the mathematics that physicists actually use. It begins with the need to combine special relativity and quantum mechanics and culminates in a basic understanding of the standard model of electroweak and strong interactions. The book is divided into five parts: canonical quantization of scalar fields, Weyl, Dirac and vector fields, functional integral quantization, the standard model of the electroweak and strong interactions, renormalization. This should be a useful reference for those interested in quantum theory and related areas of function theory, functional analysis, differential geometry or topological invariant theory.

Genres: Physics, Mathematics

716 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

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*also: Richard Borcherds and Alex Barnard, Lectures On Quantum Field Theory.