Chern-Simons Theory, Matrix Models, and Topological Strings

Chern-Simons Theory, Matrix Models, and Topological Strings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-216

  Mariño, Marcos ^a,b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calabi yau; Chern simons theory; Enumerative geometry; Gauge theories; Gromov witten; Knot theory; String theories; Three manifold geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921849004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198568490.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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