Superstrings and topological strings at large N

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2798-2817

  Vafa, Cumrun ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035534429     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1376161     Document Type: Article

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