Published April 5, 1990
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Journal article
Linking numbers and variational method
Creators
- 1. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy)
Description
The ordinary and generalized linking numbers for two surfaces of dimension p and n-p-1 in an n-dimensional manifold are derived. We use a variational method based on the properties of topological quantum field theory in order to derive them. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters, (Section) B
- Journal Volume
- 238
- Journal Issue
- 2-4
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 272-278
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 21050655
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTION INTEGRAL; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; TOPOLOGY; VARIATIONAL METHODS
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY