Operads and moduli spaces

This thesis is concerned with the application of operadic methods, particularly modular operads, to questions arising in the study of moduli spaces of surfaces as well as applications to the study of homotopy algebras and new constructions of ‘quantum invariants’ of manifolds inspired by ideas origi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braun, Christopher David
Other Authors: Lazarev, Andrey
Published: University of Leicester 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555463