nLab Ivan T. Todorov

NB: There is also Ivan G. Todorov.

Ivan T. Todorov (1933-2025) was a Bulgarian theoretical and mathematical physicist, a specialist in quantum field theory, especially conformal field theory as well as representation theoretic methods in quantum field theory.

• Ivan T. Todorov (1933-2025), IHES News (3 Mar 2025)

• Jürg Fröhlich, Junchen Rong: Tribute to Ivan T. Todorov, IHES News (3 Mar 2025)

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Selected writings

On quantum field theory:

• Nikolay N. Bogoliubov, A. A. Logunov, Ivan T. Todorov, Introduction to axiomatic quantum field theory (1975) [ark:13960/s29mp6cvfk8, inSpire:103893]

Introduction of coherent states for the quantum group $SU_q(3)$:

• H. Sazdjian, Y. S. Stanev, I. T. Todorov, $SU(3)$-coherent state operators and invariant correlation functions and their quantum group counterparts, J. Math. Phys. 36 (1995) 2030–2052.

• L. K. Hadjiivanov, R. R. Paunov, I. T. Todorov, $U_q$-covariant oscillators and vertex operators, J. Math. Phys. 33, 1379 (1992) doi

On braid group representations via monodromy of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov connection on conformal blocks:

• Ivan Todorov, Ludmil Hadjiivanov, Monodromy Representations of the Braid Group, Phys. Atom. Nucl. 64 (2001) 2059-2068; Yad.Fiz. 64 (2001) 2149-2158 [arXiv:hep-th/0012099, doi:10.1134/1.1432899]

On conformal field theory (including discussion of conformal compactification):

• Nikolay M. Nikolov, Ivan T. Todorov, Lectures on Elliptic Functions and Modular Forms in Conformal Field Theory, in: Modern Mathematical Physics, Proceedings of: 3rd Summer School in Modern Mathematical Physics (MPHYS3) (2004) 1-93 [arXiv:math-ph/0412039, InSpire:674206]

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