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Mathematical Physics I (Core), PHYS 777, January 5 - February 6, 2026 | PIRSA
We will study topics in theoretical physics through the lens of differential geometry and algebraic topology. The topics will be chosen among the following: differential forms on manifolds, homology, homotopy, de Rham cohomology, gauge theory and principal fiber bundles, nonperturbative effects and topology, characteristic classes, basics of solitons (ex: why is the instanton number a number?), index theorems, introduction to anomalies.