''Intended mainly for physicists and mathematicians...its high quality will definitely attract a wider audience.'' ---Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics This work acquaints the physicist with the mathematical principles of algebraic topology, group theory, and differential geometry, as applicable to research in field theory and the theory of condensed matter. Emphasis is placed on the topological structure of monopole and instanton solution to the Yang-Mills equations, the description of phases in superfluid 3He, and the topology of singular solutions in 3He and liquid crystals.
| ISBN: | 9780306443367 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 1993 |
| Author: | M I Monastyrskii |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 372 pages |
| Genres: |
Topology Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Mathematical physics Maths for engineers Mathematics |