Geometric and Algebraic Topological Methods in Quantum Mechanics

Download or read book Geometric and Algebraic Topological Methods in Quantum Mechanics written by G. Giachetta and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, the development of new ideas in quantum theory, including geometric and deformation quantization, the non-Abelian Berry''s geometric factor, super- and BRST symmetries, non-commutativity, has called into play the geometric techniques based on the deep interplay between algebra, differential geometry and topology. The book aims at being a guide to advanced differential geometric and topological methods in quantum mechanics. Their main peculiarity lies in the fact that geometry in quantum theory speaks mainly the algebraic language of rings, modules, sheaves and categories. Geometry is by no means the primary scope of the book, but it underlies many ideas in modern quantum physics and provides the most advanced schemes of quantization.