Topology, Geometry and Quantum Field Theory
Proceedings of the 2002 Oxford Symposium in Honour of the 60th Birthday of Graeme Segal
Edited by U. L. Tillmann
Contents
Part I. Contributions:
1. A variant of K-theory Michael Atiyah and Michael Hopkins;
2. Two-vector bundles and forms of elliptic cohomology Nils Baas, Bjorn Dundas and John Rognes;
3. Geometric realisation of the Segal-Sugawara construction David Ben-Zvi and Edward Frenkel;
4. Differential isomorphism and equivalence of algebraic varieties Yuri Berest and George Wilson;
5. A polarized view of string topology Ralph Cohen and Veronique Godin;
6. Random matrices and Calabi-Yau geometry Robbert Dijkgraaf;
7. A survey of the topological properties of symplectomorphism groups Dusa McDuff;
8. K-theory from a physical perspective Gregory Moore;
9. Heisenberg groups and algebraic topology Jack Morava;
10. What is an elliptic object? Stephan Stolz and Peter Teichner;
11. Open and closed string field theory interpreted in classical algebraic topology Dennis Sullivan;
12. K-theory of the moduli of principal bundles on a surface and deformations of the Verlinde algebra Constantin Teleman;
13. Cohomology of the stable mapping class group Michael S. Weiss;
14. Conformal field theory in four and six dimensions Edward Witten;
Part II. The Definition of Conformal Field Theory by Graeme Segal:
15. Definition of a conformal field theory Graeme Segal.
