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Quantum Field Theory: Batalin–Vilkovisky Formalism and Its Applications
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Pavel Mnev, Steklov Institute of Mathematics, St. Petersburg, Russia
Publication: University Lecture Series
Publication Year:
2019; Volume 72
ISBNs: 978-1-4704-5271-1 (print); 978-1-4704-5368-8 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/ulect/072
MathSciNet review: 3967709
MSC: Primary 81S40; Secondary 57R56, 81T13, 81T45
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Chapters
- Introduction
- Classical Chern–Simons theory
- Feynman diagrams
- Batalin–Vilkovisky formalism
- Applications
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