The birth of string theory

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTW063MaRDI QIDQ5347157zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors H. Itoyama

Publication date 22 May 2017

Published in PTEP. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03701

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) History of quantum theory (81-03) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01)

Abstract: This is a brief summary of an introductory lecture for students and scholars in general given by the author at Nambu Memorial Symposium which was held at Osaka City University on September 29, 2015. We review the invention of string theory by Professor Yoichiro Nambu following the discovery of the Veneziano amplitude. We also discuss Professor Nambu's proposal on string theory in the Schild gauge in 1976 which is related to the matrix model of Yang-Mills type.

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