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Quantum Field Theory and the Space of All Lie Algebras

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v3 Algebraic Geometry Group Theory math.MP

Abstract

The space M_n of all isomorphism classes of n-dimensional Lie algebras over a field k has a natural non-Hausdorff topology, induced from the Segal topology by the action of GL(n). One way of studying this complicated space is by topological invariants. In this article we propose a new class of invariants coming from quantum field theory, valid in any dimension, inspired by Jaffe's study of generalizations of the Witten index.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0304031,
  title  = {Quantum Field Theory and the Space of All Lie Algebras},
  author = {William Gordon Ritter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0304031},
  year   = {2007}
}

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12 pages, accepted for publication