Topology, Geometry and Quantum Field Theory
Proceedings of the 2002 Oxford Symposium in Honour of the 60th Birthday of Graeme Segal

Table of Contents

Part I. Contributions:
1. A variant of K-theory Michael Atiyah and Michael Hopkins
2. Two-vector bundles and forms of elliptic cohomology Nils Baas, Bjorn Dundas and John Rognes
3. Geometric realisation of the Segal-Sugawara construction David Ben-Zvi and Edward Frenkel
4. Differential isomorphism and equivalence of algebraic varieties Yuri Berest and George Wilson
5. A polarized view of string topology Ralph Cohen and Veronique Godin
6. Random matrices and Calabi-Yau geometry Robbert Dijkgraaf
7. A survey of the topological properties of symplectomorphism groups Dusa McDuff
8. K-theory from a physical perspective Gregory Moore
9. Heisenberg groups and algebraic topology Jack Morava
10. What is an elliptic object? Stephan Stolz and Peter Teichner
11. Open and closed string field theory interpreted in classical algebraic topology Dennis Sullivan
12. K-theory of the moduli of principal bundles on a surface and deformations of the Verlinde algebra Constantin Teleman
13. Cohomology of the stable mapping class group Michael S. Weiss
14. Conformal field theory in four and six dimensions Edward Witten
Part II. The Definition of Conformal Field Theory by Graeme Segal:
15. Definition of a conformal field theory Graeme Segal.

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