Introduces topology with mathematical rigour while remaining accessible to physicists

Contains compilation of the lectures delivered at the SERC school, India

Bridges the language barrier among the disciplines of physics, and between physics and mathematics

Autorentext
SOMENDRA M BHATTACHARJEE is a senior professor at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India. He received his PhD degree from Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A., in 1984. He is fellow at the Indian Academy of Sciences and Indian National Science Academy, India. His research area is theoretical condensed matter physics, especially statistical physics.
MAHAN MJ is a professor of mathematics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, and a monk of the Ramakrishna Mission. Earlier, he was a professor of mathematics and dean of research at the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University until 2015. He joined the PhD program in mathematics at the University of California, U.S.A. He is a recipient of the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Sciences and the Infosys Science Foundation Award 2015 for Mathematical Sciences. He specialises in geometric topology and hyperbolic geometry.

ABHIJIT BANDYOPADHYAY is an associate professor of Physics at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur, Howrah, India. He specialises in high energy physics and cosmology.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Overview of Topological Ideas in Condensed Matter Physics.- Chapter 2. Set Topology.- Chapter 3. Homotopy theory.- Chapter 4. Homology.- Chapter 5. Differential Topology and Differential Geometry.- Chapter 6 . Vector Bundles.- Chapter 7. Special Topics: A Crash Course on Knots.- Chapter 8 . Special Topics: A Short Course on Group Theory.- Chapter 9. Use of Topology in physical problems.- Chapter 10. What is dimension?.- Chapter 11. Quantum Geometry and Topology.- Chapter 12. Topology, geometry and quantum interference in condensed matter physics.- Chapter 13. Dirac quasiparticles and Majorana modes in condensed matter systems.- Chapter 14. Vertex Models and Knot invariants.- Chapter 15. Concepts of polymer statistical topology.- Chapter 16. Introduction to abelian and non-abelian anyons.- Chapter 17. An introduction to Quantum Spin Liquids.- Chapter 18. Topological aspects of quantum information processing.