Obstruction theory for supemanifolds and deformations of superconformal structures

Bettadapura , Kowshik

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Obstruction theory for supemanifolds and deformations of superconformal structures

Date

2017-06

Authors

Bettadapura , Kowshik

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Abstract

In this thesis we study two related topics: (1) foundations of complex supermanifolds and (2) deformation theory for N = 1 and N = 2 super Riemann surfaces. Each topic is summarised below.