By V. S. Varadarajan
Supersymmetry has been studied through theoretical physicists because the early Seventies. these days, as a result of its novelty and significance--in either arithmetic and physics--the concerns it increases allure the curiosity of mathematicians. Written via the well known mathematician, V. S. Varadarajan, this ebook provides a cogent and self-contained exposition of the principles of supersymmetry for the mathematically-minded reader. It starts with a short creation to the actual foundations of the speculation, specifically, to the category of relativistic debris and their wave equations, resembling these of Dirac and Weyl. It then maintains with the advance of the idea of supermanifolds, stressing the analogy with the Grothendieck idea of schemes. right here, Varadarajan develops the entire tremendous linear algebra wanted for the publication and establishes the elemental theorems: differential and imperative calculus in supermanifolds, Frobenius theorem, foundations of the speculation of large Lie teams, and so forth. a distinct characteristic is the in-depth remedy of the speculation of spinors in all dimensions and signatures, that's the foundation of all supergeometry advancements in either physics and arithmetic, particularly in quantum box idea and supergravity. the fabric is appropriate for graduate scholars and mathematicians drawn to the mathematical thought of supersymmetry. The booklet is usually recommended for self sustaining research. Titles during this sequence are copublished with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at ny college.
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