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Strings, Conformal Fields, and M-Theory

By Michio Kaku (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2000
ISBN
978-1-4612-6792-8, 978-1-4612-0503-6
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-0503-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
48 MB (50722132 bytes)
Series
Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics
Edition
2
Pages
531\541
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
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Description

String theory continues to progress at an astonishing rate, and this book brings the reader up to date with the latest developments and the most active areas of research in the field. Building on the foundations laid in his Introduction to Superstrings and M Theory, Professor Kaku discusses such topics as the classification of conformal string theories, knot theory, the Yang-Baxter relation, quantum groups, and the insights into 11-dimensional strings recently obtained from M-theory. New chapters discuss such topics as Seiberg- Witten theory, M theory and duality., and D-branes. Several chapters review the fundamentals of string theory, making the presentation of the material self-contained while keeping overlap with the earlier book to a minimum. This book conveys the vitality of the current research and places readers at its forefront.

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