Involutive Category Theory - Donald Yau

Involutive Category Theory

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
XII, 243 Seiten
2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-61202-3 (ISBN)
64,19 inkl. MwSt

This monograph introduces involutive categories and involutive operads, featuring applications to the GNS construction and algebraic quantum field theory. The author adopts an accessible approach for readers seeking an overview of involutive category theory, from the basics to cutting-edge applications. Additionally, the author's own recent advances in the area are featured, never having appeared previously in the literature.



The opening chapters offer an introduction to basic category theory, ideal for readers new to the area. Chapters three through five feature previously unpublished results on coherence and strictification of involutive categories and involutive monoidal categories, showcasing the author's state-of-the-art research. Chapters on coherence of involutive symmetric monoidal categories, and categorical GNS construction follow. The last chapter covers involutive operads and lays important coherence foundations for applications to algebraic quantum field theory.



With detailed explanations and exercises throughout, Involutive Category Theory is suitable for graduate seminars and independent study. Mathematicians and mathematical physicists who use involutive objects will also find this a valuable reference.

Donald Yau is Professor of Mathematics at The Ohio State University at Newark. He obtained his PhD at MIT and held a post-doctoral position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on algebraic topology. He has authored over forty articles and eight books, including the Springer titles Operads of Wiring Diagrams and Infinity Properads and Infinity Wheeled Properads.

Category Theory.- Involutive Categories.- Coherence of Involutive Categories.- Involutive Monoidal Categories.- Coherence of Involutive Monoidal Categories.- Coherence of Involutive Symmetric Monoidal Categories.- Categorical Gelfand-Naimark-Segal Construction.- Involutive Operads.

"This is the first book whose central topic is involutive categories. It is written at the first year graduate level and is pretty much self-contained. It contains exercises and notes at the end of every chapter. It may be a useful reference for mathematicians and physicists working with involutive objects." (Bojana Femic, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2022)

“This is the first book whose central topic is involutive categories. It is written at the first year graduate level and is pretty much self-contained. It contains exercises and notes at the end of every chapter. It may be a useful reference for mathematicians and physicists working with involutive objects.” (Bojana Femic, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2022)

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Zusatzinfo XII, 243 p. 197 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 397 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Allgemeines / Lexika
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Algebra
Schlagworte Algebraic Quantum Field Theory • Complex unital star-algebras • Gelfand Naimark Segal construction • Gelfand Naimark Segal theorem • GNS construction • GNS construction physics • Involutive categories • Involutive functors • Involutive monads • Involutive monoidal categories • Involutive monoids • Involutive operads • Involutive operator • Involutive structures • Strictification • Strictification monoidal category
ISBN-10 3-030-61202-3 / 3030612023
ISBN-13 978-3-030-61202-3 / 9783030612023
Zustand Neuware
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