Noncommutative Geometry and Physics 3

Download or read book Noncommutative Geometry and Physics 3 written by Giuseppe Dito and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noncommutative differential geometry has many actual and potential applications to several domains in physics ranging from solid state to quantization of gravity. The strategy is to formulate usual differential geometry in a somewhat unusual manner, using in particular operator algebras and related concepts, so as to be able to plug in noncommutativity in a natural way. Algebraic tools such as K-theory and cyclic cohomology and homology play an important role in this field.