Department of Physics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
4-1989
Publication Source
Physics Letters B
Volume
221
Issue
1
Start Page
31
Last Page
34
DOI
10.1016/0370-2693(89)90186-X
Abstract
This letter points a close parallel between the operator formalism for string theory and the action of a Lie algebra on a differential complex. The construction of conformal field theories can then be regarded as a cohomology problem; we suggest that this viewpoint may survive the generalization beyond finite genus Riemann surfaces.
Recommended Citation
Nelson, P. C. (1989). Cohomology and the Operator Formalism. Physics Letters B, 221 (1), 31-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(89)90186-X
Date Posted: 01 May 2017
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