The geometry of the master equation and topological quantum field theory

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1405-1429

  Alexandrov, M ^a   Schwarz, A ^a   Zaboronsky, O ^a,c   Kontsevich, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0000782811     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X97001031     Document Type: Article

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