Large N expansion of convergent matrix integrals, holomorphic anomalies, and background independence

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Eynard, B ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Differential and algebraic geometry; Matrix models; Topological strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649553450     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/003     Document Type: Article

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