An M-theory flop as a large N duality

DOI10.1063/1.1376159zbMath1061.81056arXivhep-th/0011256OpenAlexW2128236345MaRDI QIDQ2774959

Juan M. Maldacena, Michael F. Atiyah, Cumrun Vafa

Publication date: 26 February 2002

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0011256

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29)

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