Subfactors and mathematical physics
David Evans, Yasuyuki Kawahigashi
Abstract
This paper surveys the long-standing connections and impact between Vaughan Jones’s theory of subfactors and various topics in mathematical physics, namely statistical mechanics, quantum field theory, quantum information, and two-dimensional conformal field theory.
Topics & Concepts
Quantum field theoryTheoretical physicsConformal field theoryField (mathematics)PhysicsStatistical mechanicsQuantum gravityConformal mapStatistical physicsMathematicsQuantumQuantum mechanicsPure mathematicsGeometryAlgebraic structures and combinatorial modelsAdvanced Operator Algebra ResearchHomotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology