Quantum groups in two-dimensional physics

This book is an introduction to integrability and conformal field theory in two dimensions using quantum groups. After a brief introduction to S-matrices, spin chains and vertex models,Yang-Baxter algebras and the Bethe ansatz, the basic ideas of integrable systems are introduced. The book then goes on to give a detailed introduction to quantum groups as a prelude to chapters on integrable models, two-dimensional conformal field theories and superconformal field theories. Many diagrams and exercises are included.