Introduction to 2d conformal field theory, Fall 2021

Lecture notes Videos

lecture1 (introduction, conformal transformation)

lecutre2 (Ward-Takahashi identity, primary fields)

lecture3 (free boson, Virasoro algebra)

lecture4 (free boson continued, free fermion)

lecture5 (torus partition functions)

lecture6 (minimal model)

lecture7 (minimal model continued)

lecture8 (Onsager's exact solution)

lecture9 (RG flow and Zamolodchikov c-theorem)

lecture10 (LG/CFT correspondence)

lecture11 (WZW model)

lecture12 (WZW model continued)

lecture13 (Bethe Ansatz)

lecture14 (Integrable system and Yang-Baxter equation)

lecture15 (Integrable system and Yang-Baxter equation)

I have taught this course in Fall 2018. But I have updated the lecture note by making corrections and adding more contents.

Homework

homework1

homework11

First, you should try to solve problem sets by yourself.

If you cannot solve a problem. the corresponding solution will be sent on request.