Large N dualities and transitions in geometry

Geometry and Physics of Branes

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 210-278

  Grassi, Antonella ^a,b   Rossi, Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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