Preface |
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About the Author |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 | (24) |
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2 | (11) |
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13 | (2) |
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1.3 Affine Varieties as Moduli of Modules |
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15 | (3) |
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1.4 Affine Associative Varieties |
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18 | (3) |
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1.5 Associative Varieties |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (3) |
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2 Basic Introduction to Associative Moduli |
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25 | (28) |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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2.3 Generalized Moduli Objects |
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27 | (10) |
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2.4 Associative Moduli and Adjoint Functors |
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37 | (2) |
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2.5 Categorification of Deformation Theory |
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39 | (6) |
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2.6 Geometry in Moduli Objects |
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45 | (2) |
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2.7 A Naive Framework for Change |
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47 | (3) |
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2.8 Concluding a Naive Framework for Change |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (38) |
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3.1 Noncommutative Algebras |
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53 | (3) |
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3.2 Artin-Wedderburn Theory |
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56 | (3) |
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3.3 Simple Modules and the Jacobson Radical |
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59 | (2) |
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3.4 The Classical Theorems of Burnside, Wedderburn and Malcev |
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61 | (1) |
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3.5 Finite-Dimensional Simple Modules |
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62 | (3) |
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3.6 Matrix Spaces over kr |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (2) |
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3.10 The Category of r-Pointed Artinian k-Algebras |
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74 | (1) |
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3.11 Constructing kr-Algebras from Products |
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75 | (3) |
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3.12 The Algebra of an n-Directed GMMP-Algebra |
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78 | (8) |
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3.13 A Direct Example of a GMMP-Algebra |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (4) |
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4 Associative Varieties I |
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91 | (26) |
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4.1 Associative Representations of Modules |
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93 | (5) |
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4.2 Associative Varieties |
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98 | (2) |
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4.3 Affinity of Associative Varieties |
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100 | (6) |
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4.4 Associative Gluing of Affine Commutative Varieties |
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106 | (4) |
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4.5 The Structure Sheaf of an Associative Variety |
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110 | (3) |
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4.6 The Functor Simp(---): AlgMk → aVarMk |
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113 | (4) |
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5 Noncommutative Deformation Theory |
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117 | (48) |
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5.1 Prorepresentable Functors |
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118 | (6) |
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5.2 The Noncommutative Deformation Functor |
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124 | (2) |
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5.3 The Tangent and the Yoneda Complex |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (5) |
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5.5 Computation of Prorepresenting Hulls with a Guiding Example |
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133 | (19) |
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5.6 Generalized Matric Massey Products |
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152 | (2) |
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5.7 The Algebra of Observables |
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154 | (2) |
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5.8 Local Representability of the Deformation Functor |
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156 | (2) |
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5.9 The Generalized Burnside Theorem |
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158 | (1) |
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5.10 Generalized Obstruction Theory |
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158 | (1) |
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5.11 Deformation of Sheaves of Ox-Modules |
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158 | (5) |
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163 | (2) |
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6 Associative Varieties II |
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165 | (50) |
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6.1 Representable Functors, Universal Properties and Sheaves |
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165 | (5) |
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170 | (1) |
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6.3 Associative Varieties |
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171 | (2) |
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6.4 Commutative Affine Schemes |
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173 | (1) |
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6.5 Associative Affine Varieties |
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174 | (4) |
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6.6 Associative Affine Varieties of Geometric Algebras |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (4) |
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6.8 Defining Associative Varieties |
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182 | (2) |
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6.9 Deformations Due to Diagrams |
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184 | (7) |
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6.10 The Definition of Noncommutative Schemes |
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191 | (1) |
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6.11 Tangent Spaces of Matric Algebras |
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192 | (2) |
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6.12 A Comment on Multi-Localization |
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194 | (4) |
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198 | (1) |
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6.14 Generalized Matric Massey Products |
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199 | (3) |
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6.15 Reconstructing Algebras from Associative Varieties |
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202 | (3) |
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6.16 The Embedding Vark → aVark |
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205 | (5) |
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6.17 The Embedding of Ordinary (Commutative) Varieties in the Category of Associative Varieties |
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210 | (5) |
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7 Computational Examples of Associative Varieties |
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215 | (58) |
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7.1 Set-Up for Noncommutative Projective Spaces |
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215 | (1) |
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7.2 Associative Varieties of Point-Modules |
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216 | (2) |
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7.3 Some Results from the Commutative Case |
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218 | (7) |
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7.4 The Associative Affine Plane |
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225 | (3) |
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7.5 The Associative Noncommutative Variety Pnass |
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228 | (4) |
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7.6 Noncommutative Projective Varieties |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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7.9 The Quantum Polynomial Ring |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (2) |
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7.11 To the Classification of AS Regular Algebras |
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238 | (1) |
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7.12 Associative Projective Varieties |
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238 | (8) |
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7.13 Noncommutative Projective Varieties |
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246 | (2) |
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7.14 Example: The Associative Quantum Plane |
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248 | (6) |
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7.15 The Generalized Burnside Theorem and Some Consequences |
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254 | (2) |
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7.16 Sheaves of Ox-Modules |
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256 | (8) |
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7.17 Classifying 1-Critical Modules |
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264 | (3) |
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267 | (6) |
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8 Algebraic Invariant Theory |
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273 | (34) |
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273 | (1) |
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8.2 Fine Moduli for Orbits |
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274 | (3) |
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8.3 Constructive Method for Noncommutative GIT |
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277 | (2) |
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8.4 Applications of Noncommutative GIT |
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279 | (1) |
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8.5 GL(n)-Quotients of Endk(kn) |
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279 | (2) |
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281 | (1) |
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8.7 The Fine Moduli M2(k)/GL2(k) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (2) |
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8.11 The Structure of 3 --- Lie4 |
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289 | (6) |
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8.12 Moduli of Rank 2 Endomorphisms |
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295 | (12) |
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307 | (32) |
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307 | (12) |
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9.2 Blowing Up and Desingularization |
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319 | (3) |
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322 | (1) |
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9.4 The Iterated Phase Space Functor Ph* and the Dirac Derivation |
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322 | (8) |
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9.5 The Generalized de Rham Complex |
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330 | (5) |
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9.6 Excursion into the Jacobian Conjecture |
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335 | (4) |
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10 Dynamical Algebraic Structures |
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339 | (56) |
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10.1 Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry |
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339 | (1) |
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10.2 Moduli of Representations |
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340 | (1) |
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10.3 Blowing Down Subschemes |
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341 | (1) |
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10.4 Moduli of Simple Modules |
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341 | (1) |
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10.5 Evolution in the Moduli of Simple Modules |
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342 | (3) |
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10.6 Dynamical Structures |
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345 | (4) |
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10.7 Gauge Groups and Invariant Theory |
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349 | (5) |
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10.8 The Generic Dynamical Structures Associated to a Metric |
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354 | (17) |
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10.9 The Classical Gauge Invariance |
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371 | (4) |
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10.10 A Generalized Yang--Mills Theory |
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375 | (7) |
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10.11 Reuniting GR, YM and General Quantum Field Theory |
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382 | (7) |
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389 | (2) |
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10.13 Family of Representations versus Family of Metrics |
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391 | (2) |
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10.14 Relations to Clifford Algebras |
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393 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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395 | (4) |
Index |
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