Complex matrix models and statistics of branched coverings of 2D surfaces

DOI10.1007/s002200050269zbMath0884.05013arXivhep-th/9703189OpenAlexW2012670022WikidataQ62048391 ScholiaQ62048391MaRDI QIDQ1377052

Ivan K. Kostov, Matthias Staudacher, Thomas Wynter

Publication date: 1 February 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9703189

zbMATH Keywords

branch pointpartition functionYang-Mills theorycomplex matrix gauge modelcounting branched coversorientable latticeorientable Riemann surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Enumerative combinatorics (05A99)

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