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Introduction to Topological Quantum Numbers

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Aspects topologiques de la physique en basse dimension. Topological aspects of low dimensional systems

Part of the book series: Les Houches - Ecole d’Ete de Physique Theorique ((LHSUMMER,volume 69))

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These lecture notes were prepared rather soon after I completed my book on Topological quantum numbers in nonrelativistic physics, which was published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore, in early 1998. I have not attempted to make a completely fresh presentation, but have cannibalized the text of my book to produce something shorter, with a different ordering of topics. I wish to thank the publishers for allowing me to do this self-plagiarization.

This work was supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation, grant number DMR-9528345.

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Thouless, D.J. (1999). Introduction to Topological Quantum Numbers. In: Comtet, A., Jolicœur, T., Ouvry, S., David, F. (eds) Aspects topologiques de la physique en basse dimension. Topological aspects of low dimensional systems. Les Houches - Ecole d’Ete de Physique Theorique, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46637-1_11

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