Introduction to 2d conformal field theory, Fall 2021

Lecture 1 Introduction, conformal transformation

Lecture 2 Ward–Takahashi identity, primary fields

Lecture 3 Free boson, Virasoro algebra

Lecture 4 Free boson continued, free fermion

Lecture 5 Torus partition functions

Lecture 6 Minimal model

Lecture 7 Minimal model continued

Lecture 8 Onsager's exact solution

Lecture 9 RG flow and Zamolodchikov c-theorem

Lecture 10 LG/CFT correspondence

Lecture 11 WZW model

Lecture 12 WZW model continued

Lecture 13 Bethe Ansatz

Lecture 14 Integrable system and Yang–Baxter equation

Lecture 15 Integrable system and Yang–Baxter equation

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