Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 18.238 (Fall 2002) 
• Course Title:
• Geometry and Quantum Field Theory 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mathematics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Pavel Etingof 
• Course Introduction:
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  18.238 Geometry and Quantum Field Theory
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2002

  
  
  

  
  
  

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  This course web site includes a full set of lecture notes, plus homework assignments.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  Geometry and Quantum Field Theory, designed for mathematicians, is a rigorous introduction to perturbative quantum field theory, using the language of functional integrals. It covers the basics of classical field theory, free quantum theories and Feynman diagrams. The goal is to discuss, using mathematical language, a number of basic notions and results of QFT that are necessary to understand talks and papers in QFT and String Theory.