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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2011
      July 1997
      ISBN:
      9780511600791
      9780521556101
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511600791
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.22kg, 144 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Mathematical Physics
      Series:
      London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series (225)
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    Subjects:
    Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Mathematical Physics
    Series:
    London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series (225)
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    Classical string theory is concerned with the propagation of classical 1-dimensional curves 'strings', and the theory has connections to the calculus of variations, minimal surfaces and harmonic maps. The quantization of string theory gives rise to problems in different areas, according to the method used. The representation theory of Lie, Kac-Moody and Virasoro algebras have been used for such quantization. In this lecture note the authors give an introduction to certain global analytic and probabilistic aspects of string theory. It is their intention to bring together, and make explicit the necessary mathematical tools. Researchers with an interest in string theory, in either mathematics or theoretical physics, will find this a stimulating volume.

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    ‘ … a valuable addition … admirably lucid.’

    David Bailin Source: Contemporary Physics

    ‘ … it is admirable how the authors managed to introduce such a quantity of material in 85 pages … a good introduction to contemporary research in the field.’

    Source: European Mathematical Society

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