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This book presents the basics of mathematics that are needed for learning the physics of today. It describes briefly the theories of groups and operators, finite- and infinite-dimensional algebras, concepts of symmetry and supersymmetry, and then delineates their relations to theories of relativity and black holes, classical and quantum physics, electroweak fields and Yang-Mills. It concludes with a chapter on (the complex theory of) strings and superstrings and their link to black holes -- an idea that fascinates both the ...

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Mathematical Perspectives on Theoretical Physics: A Journey from Black Holes to Superstrings 2003, Imperial College Press, London, England

ISBN-13: 9781860943652

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Mathematical Perspectives on Theoretical Physics: A Journey from Black Holes to Superstrings 2003, Imperial College Press, London, England

ISBN-13: 9781860943645

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