<p>In the last 20 years, the study of operator algebras has developed from a branch of functional analysis to a central field of mathematics with applications in both pure mathematics and mathematical physics. The theory was initiated by von Neumann and Murray as a tool for studying group representations and as a framework for quantum mechanics, and has since kept in touch with its roots in physics as a framework for quantum statistical mechanics and the formalism of algebraic quantum field theory. However, in 1981, the study of operator algebras took a new turn with the introduction by Vaughn Jones of subfactor theory, leading to remarkable connections with knot theory, 3-manifolds, quantum groups, and integrable systems in statistical mechanics and conformal field theory. This book, one of the first in the area, looks at these combinatorial-algebraic developments from the perspective of operator algebras. With minimal prerequisites from classical theory, it brings the reader to the forefront of research.<br></p>

Quantum Symmetries on Operator Algebras (Oxford Mathematical Monographs)

Science & Math

Kawahigashi, Yasuyuki

Evans, David E.

Mathematics

Oxford University Press

The Ingenious Mr. Pedersen

Biographies & Memoirs

Sutton Pub Ltd

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Wilson, Ann

Sutton Publishing+ltd

The ingenious Mr. Pedersen

Alan Sutton

Dursley and Cam

History

Europe

Humanities Pr

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