Riemann, Topology, and Physics

Download or read book Riemann, Topology, and Physics written by Michael I. Monastyrsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The significantly expanded second edition of this book combines a fascinating account of the life and work of Bernhard Riemann with a lucid discussion of current interaction between topology and physics. The author, a distinguished mathematical physicist, takes into account his own research at the Riemann archives of Göttingen University and developments over the last decade that connect Riemann with numerous significant ideas and methods reflected throughout contemporary mathematics and physics. Special attention is paid in part one to results on the Riemann–Hilbert problem and, in part two, to discoveries in field theory and condensed matter.