This volume contains the proceedings of the AMS Special Session on Higher Structures in Topology, Geometry, and Physics, held virtually on March 26-27, 2022.

The articles give a snapshot survey of the current topics surrounding the mathematical formulation of field theories. There is an intricate interplay between geometry, topology, and algebra which captures these theories. The hallmark are higher structures, which one can consider as the secondary algebraic or geometric background on which the theories are formulated. The higher structures considered in the volume are generalizations of operads, models for conformal field theories, string topology, open/closed field theories, BF/BV formalism, actions on Hochschild complexes and related complexes, and their geometric and topological aspects.

About the Author
Ralph M. Kaufmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Martin Markl, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

Alexander A. Voronov, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.


Book Information
ISBN 9781470471422
Author Ralph M. Kaufmann
Format Paperback
Page Count 324
Imprint American Mathematical Society
Publisher American Mathematical Society