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Introduction |
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1 A brief introduction to Dirac manifolds |
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1.2 Presymplectic and Poisson structures |
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6 | (5) |
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11 | (3) |
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1.4 Properties of Dirac structures |
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14 | (2) |
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1.5 Morphisms of Dirac manifolds |
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16 | (10) |
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1.6 Submanifolds of Poisson manifolds and constraints |
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26 | (7) |
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1.7 Brief remarks on further developments |
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33 | (6) |
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36 | (3) |
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2 Differential geometry of holomorphic vector bundles on a curve |
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2.1 Holomorphic vector bundles on Riemann surfaces |
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39 | (14) |
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2.2 Holomorphic structures and unitary connections |
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53 | (14) |
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2.3 Moduli spaces of semi-stable vector bundles |
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67 | (14) |
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79 | (2) |
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3 Paths towards an extension of Chern-Weil calculus to a class of infinite dimensional vector bundles |
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3.1 The gauge group of a bundle |
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85 | (2) |
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3.2 The diffeomorphism group of a bundle |
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87 | (1) |
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3.3 The algebra of zero-order classical pseudodifferential operators |
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88 | (6) |
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3.4 The group of invertible zero-order dos |
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94 | (6) |
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3.5 Traces on zero-order classical dos |
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100 | (2) |
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3.6 Logarithms and central extensions |
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102 | (5) |
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3.7 Linear extensions of the L2-trace |
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107 | (8) |
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3.8 Chern-Weil calculus in finite dimensions |
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115 | (2) |
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3.9 A class of infinite dimensional vector bundles |
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117 | (2) |
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3.10 Frame bundles and associated do-algebra bundles |
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119 | (4) |
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3.11 Logarithms and closed forms |
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123 | (2) |
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3.12 Chern-Weil forms in infinite dimensions |
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125 | (2) |
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3.13 Weighted Chern-Weil forms; discrepancies |
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127 | (5) |
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3.14 Renormalised Chern-Weil forms on do Grassmannians |
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132 | (3) |
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3.15 Regular Chern-Weil forms in infinite dimensions |
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135 | (9) |
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139 | (5) |
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4 Introduction to Feynman integrals |
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144 | (2) |
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4.2 Basics of perturbative quantum field theory |
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146 | (8) |
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4.3 Dimensional regularisation |
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154 | (3) |
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4.4 Loop integration in D dimensions |
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157 | (6) |
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163 | (2) |
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4.6 How to obtain finite results |
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165 | (5) |
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4.7 Feynman integrals and periods |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (5) |
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4.9 Multiple polylogarithms |
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176 | (2) |
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4.10 From Feynman integrals to multiple polylogarithms |
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178 | (6) |
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184 | (4) |
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185 | (3) |
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5 Iterated integrals in quantum field theory |
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188 | (53) |
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188 | (2) |
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5.2 Definition and first properties of iterated integrals |
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190 | (8) |
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5.3 The case P1/(0, 1, oo) and polylogarithms |
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198 | (5) |
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5.4 The KZ equation and the monodromy of polylogarithms |
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203 | (5) |
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5.5 A brief overview of multiple zeta values |
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208 | (6) |
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5.6 Iterated integrals and homotopy invariance |
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214 | (8) |
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222 | (19) |
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239 | (2) |
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6 Geometric issues in quantum field theory and string theory |
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241 | (33) |
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6.1 Differential geometry for physicists |
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241 | (12) |
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253 | (7) |
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6.3 Strings and higher dimensions |
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260 | (7) |
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6.4 Some issues on compactification |
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267 | (7) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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7 Geometric aspects of the Standard Model and the mysteries of matter |
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274 | (33) |
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7.1 Radiation and matter in gauge theories and General Relativity |
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274 | (10) |
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7.2 Mass matrices and state mixing |
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284 | (5) |
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7.3 The space of connections and the action functional |
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289 | (4) |
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7.4 Constructions within noncommutative geometry |
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293 | (4) |
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7.5 Further routes to quantization via BRST symmetry |
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297 | (4) |
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7.6 Some conclusions and outlook |
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301 | (6) |
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302 | (1) |
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Appendix: Proof of relation (7.11a) |
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303 | (2) |
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305 | (2) |
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8 Absence of singular continuous spectrum for some geometric Laplacians |
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307 | (15) |
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8.1 Meromorphic extension of the resolvent and singular continuous spectrum |
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309 | (4) |
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8.2 Analytic dilation on complete manifolds with corners of codimension 2 |
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313 | (9) |
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320 | (2) |
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9 Models for formal groupoids |
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322 | (18) |
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322 | (1) |
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9.2 Definitions and examples |
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323 | (5) |
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9.3 Algebraic structure for formal groupoids |
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328 | (8) |
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336 | (4) |
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339 | (1) |
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10 Elliptic PDEs and smoothness of weakly Einstein metrics of Holder regularity |
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340 | (26) |
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340 | (1) |
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10.2 Basics on function spaces |
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341 | (6) |
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10.3 Elliptic operators and PDEs |
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347 | (8) |
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10.4 Riemannian regularity and harmonic coordinates |
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355 | (5) |
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10.5 Ricci curvature and the Einstein condition |
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360 | (6) |
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365 | (1) |
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11 Regularized traces and the index formula for manifolds with boundary |
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366 | (13) |
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11.1 General heat kernel expansions and zeta functions |
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368 | (3) |
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11.2 Weighted traces, weighted trace anomalies and index terms |
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371 | (5) |
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11.3 Eta-invariant and super-traces |
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376 | (3) |
Acknowledgements |
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References |
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Index |
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