Consistent Orientation of Moduli Spaces

The Many Facets of Geometry: A Tribute to Nigel Hitchin

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Freed, Daniel S ^a   Hopkins, Michael J ^b   Teleman, Constantin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frobenius ring structure; Moduli; Orientation; Topological quantum field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920182737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199534920.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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