Orbifolds in Mathematics and Physics: Proceedings of a Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Orbifold String Theory, May 4-8, 2001, University of ... Wisconsin

by Alejandro Adem (Editor)

Bringing together work from the fields of mathematical physics, algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, symplectic geometry, and representation theory, 14 refereed papers from the May 2001 symposium are presented. Specific topics include algebraic orbifold quantum products; orbifold Gromov-Witten theory; orbifold elliptic genus; open-string Gromov-Witten invariants; orbifold quantum cohomology of the classifying space of a finite group; orbifold Frobenius algebras, cobordisms, and monodromies; loop groupoids, gerbes, and twisted sectors on orbifolds; Hilbert schemes and symmetric products; stringy orbifolds; discrete torsion, quotient stacks, and string orbifolds; and framed knots at large N . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

357 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003