Instanton partition functions and M-theory

DOI10.1007/s11537-009-0853-9zbMath1181.81095OpenAlexW2129279486MaRDI QIDQ1043885

Nikita A. Nekrasov

Publication date: 9 December 2009

Published in: Japanese Journal of Mathematics. 3rd Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11537-009-0853-9

zbMATH Keywords

generating functionsinstantonsM-theorygauge theorystring theorysupersymmetryrandom partitions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Combinatorial identities, bijective combinatorics (05A19) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21)

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