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2 Algebraic Approach to Quantum Theory |
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2.1 Algebraic Quantum Mechanics |
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2.1.1 Functional Analytic Preliminaries |
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2.1.2 Observables and States |
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2.1.3 Hilbert Space Representations |
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2.1.4 Dynamics and the Interaction Picture |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (4) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (4) |
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2.4.1 More Functional Analysis |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (1) |
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2.5 Locally Covariant Quantum Field Theory |
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27 | (12) |
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34 | (5) |
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39 | (20) |
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3.1 The Space of Field Configurations |
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39 | (1) |
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3.2 Functionals on the Configuration Space |
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40 | (6) |
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3.3 Fermionic Field Configurations |
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46 | (6) |
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52 | (3) |
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3.5 Functorial Interpretation |
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55 | (4) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (24) |
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59 | (4) |
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63 | (1) |
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4.3 Homological Characterization of the Solution Space |
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64 | (3) |
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4.4 The Net of Topological Poisson Algebras |
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67 | (7) |
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4.4.1 The Peierls Bracket and Microcausal Functionals |
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67 | (2) |
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4.4.2 Topologies on the Space of Microcausal Functionals |
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69 | (4) |
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4.4.3 The Classical Causal Net |
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73 | (1) |
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4.5 Analogy with Classical Mechanics |
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74 | (3) |
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4.6 Classical Møller Maps Off-Shell |
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77 | (6) |
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80 | (3) |
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5 Deformation Quantization |
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83 | (12) |
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83 | (7) |
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5.2 The Star Product on the Space of Multivector Fields |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (3) |
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93 | (2) |
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6 Interaction and Renormalization of the Scalar Field Theory |
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6.1 Outline of the Approach |
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95 | (1) |
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6.2 Scattering Matrix and Time Ordered Products |
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97 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Locally Covariant Wick Products |
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6.2.3 Time-Ordered Products |
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101 | (2) |
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6.2.4 The Formal S-Matrix and Møller Operators |
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103 | (7) |
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6.2.5 Epstein--Glaser Axioms |
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110 | (3) |
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6.3 Renormalization Group |
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113 | (3) |
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6.4 Interacting Local Nets |
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116 | (4) |
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6.5 Construction of Time-Ordered Products |
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120 | (17) |
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6.5.1 Existence of Time-Ordered Products (Abstract Proof) |
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121 | (8) |
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6.5.2 Explicit Construction and Feynman Graphs |
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129 | (4) |
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6.5.3 Regularization of Distributions |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (20) |
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7.1 Classical Gauge Theory |
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137 | (8) |
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7.1.1 Dynamics and Symmetries |
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138 | (1) |
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7.1.2 The Koszul--Tate Complex |
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139 | (1) |
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7.1.3 The Chevalley--Eilenberg Complex |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (6) |
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7.3 Quantization in the Batalin--Vilkoviski Formalism |
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151 | (6) |
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155 | (2) |
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8 Effective Quantum Gravity |
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157 | (16) |
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8.1 From LCQFT to Quantum Gravity |
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157 | (2) |
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8.2 Dynamics and Symmetries |
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159 | (3) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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8.5 Relational Observables |
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165 | (2) |
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8.6 Background Independence |
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167 | (6) |
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170 | (3) |
Glossary |
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173 | (4) |
Index |
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