Christoph Andreas Keller: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2017 |
Name | Herr Prof. Dr. Christoph Andreas Keller |
URL | http://www.math.ethz.ch/~kellechr |
Departement | Mathematik |
Beziehung | Assistenzprofessor |
Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
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401-3177-67L | Introduction to Vertex Operator Algebras | 4 KP | 2V | C. A. Keller | |
Kurzbeschreibung | A first introduction to the theory of vertex operator algebras. | ||||
Lernziel | Understand the basic concepts of vertex operator algebras and their most important examples. | ||||
Inhalt | Tentative plan: 1) Formal power series, local fields 2) Vertex Algebras 3) Conformal symmetry 4) Vertex Operator Algebras 5) Correlation functions 6) VOAs from lattices 7) Connection to modular forms: Zhu's Theorem 8) Connection to Monstrous Moonshine | ||||
Literatur | Victor Kac: Vertex Algebras for Beginners James Lepowksy, Haisheng Li: Introduction to Vertex Operator Algebras and Their Representations | ||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Basic algebra and linear algebra. Some background in quantum mechanics is helpful, but not necessary. | ||||
401-5330-00L | Talks in Mathematical Physics | 0 KP | 1K | A. Cattaneo, G. Felder, G. M. Graf, C. A. Keller, H. Knörrer, T. H. Willwacher, Uni-Dozierende | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Research colloquium | ||||
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