An exact prediction of N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory for string theory

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2896-2914

  Drukker, Nadav ^a   Gross, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035402795     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1372177     Document Type: Article

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