Evolving Notions of Geometry in String Theory
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Abstract
The unfolding of string theory has led to a successive refinement and generalization of our understanding of geometry and topology. A brief overview of these developments is given.
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- Introduction: Early History
- Stringy Geometry and Stringy Probes of Geometry
- Geometrical Singularities
- Towards a Definition of Quantum Gravity
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- References
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- Title
- Evolving Notions of Geometry in String Theory
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Foundations of Physics
Volume 43, Issue 1 , pp 156-173 - Cover Date
- 2013-01-01
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10701-011-9609-5
- Print ISSN
- 0015-9018
- Online ISSN
- 1572-9516
- Publisher
- Springer US
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- String theory
- Geometry
- Topology
- Quantum gravity
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Emil J. Martinec
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Emil J. Martinec
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