Lessons from Quantum Field Theory Hopf Algebras and Spacetime Geometries
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چکیده
We discuss the prominence of Hopf algebras in recent progress in Quantum Field Theory. In particular, we will consider the Hopf algebra of renormalization, whose antipode turned out to be the key to a conceptual understanding of the subtraction procedure. We shall then describe several occurences of this, or closely related Hopf algebras, in other mathematical domains, such as foliations, Runge-Kutta methods, iterated integrals and multiple zeta values. We emphasize the unifying role which the Butcher group, discovered in the study of numerical integration of ordinary differential equations, plays in QFT. keywords: Quantum Field Theory, Noncommutative Geometry, Renormalization, Hopf Algebras, Foliations, ODE. MSC91 81T15,16W30,46L87,58B30,58F18,34Axx.
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