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In this article, we introduce an interesting topology-like concept concerning groups (and with almost the same method it can be defined for other algebraic systems). Given an arbitrary group $G$, we define a {\em topo-system} on $G$ as a…

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A paper for general audience about descriptive inner model theory.

Logic · Mathematics 2012-06-14 Grigor Sargsyan

In these lecture notes I describe the theory of QCD and its application, through perturbation theory, at particle colliders.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-03 E. Laenen

This text aims to provide a self-contained, comprehensive, and reasonably detailed presentation of the theory of Stallings automata and some of its main applications.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-16 Jordi Delgado , Enric Ventura

A concise guide to very basic bicategory theory, from the definition of a bicategory to the coherence theorem.

Category Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tom Leinster

We review various simple analytical theories for homopolymers within a unified framework. The common guideline of our approach is the Flory theory, and its various avatars, with the attempt of being reasonably self-contained. We expect this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-16 Somendra M. Bhattacharjee , Achille Giacometti , Amos Maritan

This paper introduces the idea of pseudo-group. Applications of pseudo-groups in Group Theory and Symmetry Breaking in Particle Physics and Cosmology are considered.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 S. C. Woon

This thesis is an exposition of the author's contribution on effective descent morphisms in various categories of generalized categorical structures. It consists of: Chapter 1, where an elementary description of descent theory and the…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-14 Rui Prezado

In this article we will represent some ideas and a lot of new theorems in Euclidean plane geometry.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-05-31 Alexander Skutin

In this paper, we construct a new topological quantum field theory of cohomological type and show that its partition function is a crossing number.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Zhujun Zheng , Ke Wu , Shikun Wang , Jianxun Hu

In this text we expose basic cases of some fundamental ideas and methods of topology. Namely, of homotopy, degree, fundamental group, covering, Whitehead invariant, etc. This is done by considering the elementary example: closed polygonal…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2026-05-07 E. Alkin , O. Nikitenko , A. Skopenkov

We sketch in this article a new theory, which we call Symplectic Field Theory or SFT, which provides an approach to Gromov-Witten invariants of symplectic manifolds and their Lagrangian submanifolds in the spirit of topological field…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yakov Eliashberg , Alexander Givental , Helmut Hofer

This paper gives a short introduction into the metric theory of spaces with dilations.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2010-07-15 Marius Buliga

This paper presents and explores a theory of \emph{multiholomorphic maps}. This group of ideas generalizes the theory of pseudoholomorphic curves in a direction suggested by consideration of the kinds of compatible geometric structures that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-05-01 Aaron M. Smith

The goal of this article is to invite the reader to get to know and to get involved into higher Teichm\"uller theory by describing some of its many facets.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-03-20 Anna Wienhard

This paper is simply a collection of process diagrams for further use and reference. These are diagrams about different approaches to research.

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Sheelagh Carpendale

Density functional theory (DFT) is an essential building block for modern theoretical physics, chemistry, and engineering, especially those concerning electronic properties. Through decades of development, various program packages for…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-11-21 Yusuke Nomura , Ryosuke Akashi

This is a short introduction to Hilbert space frame theory and its applications for those outside the area who want to enter the subject. We will emphasize finite frame theory since it is the easiest way to get into the subject.

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Peter G. Casazza , Richard G. Lynch

Topological insulators are a new class of materials that have engendered considerable research interest among the condensed matter community owing primarily to their application prospects in quantum computations and spintronics. Many of the…

Optics · Physics 2021-08-24 Nitish Kumar Gupta , Arun M. Jayannavar

In this chapter we briefly review the basics of the theory of stellar evolution.

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