M-theory, type IIA superstrings, and elliptic cohomology

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 345-394

  Kriz, Igor ^a   Sati, Hisham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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EID: 17844405922     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2004.v8.n2.a3     Document Type: Article

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