Quantum Groups: From Coalgebras to Drinfeld Algebras

by Shlomo Sternberg, Steven Shnider

An introduction to the field of quantum groups, including topology and statistical mechanics, based on lectures given at the Sackler Institute for Advanced Studies at Tel-Aviv University. Detailed proofs of the main results are presented and the bibliography contains more than 1260 references.

496 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1992

About the author

Shlomo Zvi Sternberg was an American mathematician known for his work in geometry, particularly symplectic geometry and Lie theory.