A holomorphic and background independent partition function for matrix models and topological strings

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1181-1202

  Eynard, Bertrand ^a,b   Mariño, Marcos ^c  

^a DIF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

1 N expansion; Hirota equation; Matrix models; Partition function; Spectral curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953293932     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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