Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Topological Quantum Field Theory
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These third–year lecture notes are designed for a 1–semester course in topological quantum field theory (TQFT). Assumed background in mathematics and physics are only standard second–year subjects: multivariable calculus, introduction to quantum mechanics and basic electromagnetism.
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