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Author:   Hiroshi Itoyama (Osaka City Univ, Japan) ,  Kareljan Schoutens (Univ Of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) ,  Warren Siegel (State Univ Of New York At Stony Brook, Usa) ,  Peter Van Nieuwenhuizen (State Univ Of New York At Stony Brook, Usa)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
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9789810207434

ISBN 10:   9810207433
Pages:   616
Publication Date:   01 August 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Matrix models of d=2 gravity, E. Brezin; continuum approaches to 2D quantum gravity, E. D'Hoker; topological field theory and 2D gravity, R. Dijkgraaf; classical and quantum w-gravity, C. Hull; superstring compactification and target space duality, J. Schwarz; first quantization and supersymmetric field theories, W. Siegel; superstrings special geometry and automorphic function, S. Ferrara; some lessons from 2-dimensional string theory, D. Gross; duality between strings and fivebranes, M. Duff; matrix models at finite n, H. Itoyama; exceptional states in 2-dimensional quantum gravity, A. Polyakov; quantization deforms W{infinity} to W{infinity} gravity, C. Pope; induced action and geometry of W-gravity, A. Sevrin; on string theory and black holes, E. Witten; noncummutative geometry and quantum field theory, B. Zumino.

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