Quantum Symmetries on Operator Algebras
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- ISBN 9780198511755
- Weight: 1337g
- Dimensions: 161 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 21 May 1998
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In the last 20 years, the study of operator algebras has developed from a branch of functional analysis to a central field of mathematics with applications and connections with different areas in both pure mathematics (foliations, index theory, K-theory, cyclic homology, affine Kac--Moody algebras, quantum groups, low dimensional topology) and mathematical physics (integrable theories, statistical mechanics, conformal field theories and the string theories of elementary particles). The theory of operator algebras was initiated by von Neumann and Murray as a tool for studying group representations and as a framework for quantum mechanics, and has since kept in touch with its roots in physics as a framework for quantum statistical mechanics and the formalism of algebraic quantum field theory. However, in 1981, the study of operator algebras took a new turn with the introduction by Vaughan Jones of subfactor theory and remarkable connections were found with knot theory, 3-manifolds, quantum groups and integrable systems in statistical mechanics and conformal field theory. The purpose of this book, one of the first in the area, is to look at these combinatorial-algebraic developments from the perspective of operator algebras; to bring the reader to the frontline of research with the minimum of prerequisites from classical theory.
(until early 1998) Professor David E. Evans, Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Wales, Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, WALES. Tel: +44 1792 295460; fax: +44 1792 295843; email: David.E.Evans@swansea.ac.uk (from early 1998) Mathematics Institute, University of Wales, Cardiff, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF2 4YH Tel: +44 1222 874827; fax: +44 1222 874199 Professor Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo, 153, JAPAN. Tel: +81 3 5465 7024; fax: +81 3 5465 7012; email: yasuyuki@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp
