Conformal Invariance and Applications to Statistical Mechanics

By Claude Itzykson and Hubert Saleur

Book Overview

This volume contains Introductory Notes and major reprints on conformal field theory and its applications to 2-dimensional statistical mechanics of critical phenomena. The subject relates to many different areas in contemporary physics and mathematics, including string theory, integrable systems, representations of infinite Lie algebras and automorphic functions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9971506068
• ISBN13: 9789971506063
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 994 Pages