On geometry and matrix models

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 644, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 21-39

  Dijkgraaf, Robbert ^a   Vafa, Cumrun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037064452     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00764-2     Document Type: Article

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