Evolving notions of geometry in string theory

DOI10.1007/s10701-011-9609-5zbMath1261.81094MaRDI QIDQ1937215

Emil J. Martinec

Publication date: 28 February 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-011-9609-5

zbMATH Keywords

geometry; quantum gravity; topology; string theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

81T30: String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory

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