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Contentsxxxiii6.5.2.4 Dimensional Reduction and 3D FieldTheory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11126.5.2.5 <strong>Geom</strong>etrical Interpretation . . . . . . . 11156.5.3 TQFTs Associated with SW–Monopoles . . . . . 11186.5.3.1 Dimensional Reduction . . . . . . . . . 11226.5.3.2 TQFTs of 3D Monopoles . . . . . . . . 11246.5.3.3 Non–Abelian Case . . . . . . . . . . . . 11356.5.4 Stringy Actions and Amplitudes . . . . . . . . . . 11386.5.4.1 Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11396.5.4.2 Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11406.5.4.3 Loop Expansion – Topology of ClosedSurfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11416.5.5 Transition Amplitudes for Strings . . . . . . . . . 11436.5.6 Weyl Invariance and Vertex Operator Formulation 11466.5.7 More General Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11466.5.8 Transition Amplitude for a Single Point Particle . 11476.5.9 Witten’s Open String Field Theory . . . . . . . . 11486.5.9.1 Operator Formulation of String FieldTheory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11496.5.9.2 Open Strings in Constant B−FieldBackground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11516.5.9.3 Construction of Overlap Vertices . . . . 11546.5.9.4 Transformation of String Fields . . . . . 11646.6 Application: Dynamics of Strings and Branes . . . . . . 11686.6.1 A Relativistic Particle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11696.6.2 A String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11716.6.3 A Brane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11736.6.4 String Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11756.6.5 Brane Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11776.7 Application: Topological String Theory . . . . . . . . . 11806.7.1 Quantum <strong>Geom</strong>etry Framework . . . . . . . . . . 11806.7.2 Green–Schwarz Bosonic Strings and Branes . . . . 11816.7.3 Calabi–Yau Manifolds, Orbifolds and MirrorSymmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11866.7.4 More on Topological Field Theories . . . . . . . . 11896.7.5 Topological Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12046.7.6 <strong>Geom</strong>etrical Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12216.7.7 Topological Strings and Black Hole Attractors . . 1225

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