Large N 2D Yang-Mills theory and topological string theory

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 543-619

  Cordes, Stefan ^a,b   Moore, Gregory ^a   Ramgoolam, Sanjaye ^a,c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b World Financial Center   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039464101     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050102     Document Type: Article

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