TY - BOOK ID - 77944123 TI - Connections in classical and quantum field theory AU - Mangiarotti, L. AU - Sardanashvili, G. A. PY - 2000 SN - 1281968013 9786611968014 9812813748 9789812813749 9781281968012 PB - Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, DB - UniCat KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Quantum field theory KW - Connections (Mathematics) KW - Geometry, Differential KW - Relativistic quantum field theory KW - Quantum theory KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Classical field theory KW - Continuum physics KW - Physics KW - Continuum mechanics KW - Mathematics. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77944123 AB - Geometrical notions and methods play an important role in both classical and quantum field theory, and a connection is a deep structure which apparently underlies the gauge-theoretical models in field theory and mechanics. This book is an encyclopaedia of modern geometric methods in theoretical physics. It collects together the basic mathematical facts about various types of connections, and provides a detailed exposition of relevant physical applications. It discusses the modern issues concerning the gauge theories of fundamental fields. The authors have tried to give all the necessary mathematical background, thus making the book self-contained.This book should be useful to graduate students, physicists and mathematicians who are interested in the issue of deep interrelations between theoretical physics and geometry. ER -