TY  - BOOK
AU  - Albeverio,Sergio
AU  - Jost,Jurgen
AU  - Paycha,Sylvie
AU  - Scarlatti,Sergio
TI  - A Mathematical Introduction to String Theory: Variational Problems, Geometric and Probabilistic Methods 
T2  - London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series
SN  - 9780511600791 (ebook)
AV  - QC794.6.S85  M38 1997
U1  - 539.7/2 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Mathematical physics
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Oct 2015)
N2  - Classical string theory is concerned with the propagation of classical 1-dimensional curves 'strings', and the theory has connections to the calculus of variations, minimal surfaces and harmonic maps. The quantization of string theory gives rise to problems in different areas, according to the method used. The representation theory of Lie, Kac-Moody and Virasoro algebras have been used for such quantization. In this lecture note the authors give an introduction to certain global analytic and probabilistic aspects of string theory. It is their intention to bring together, and make explicit the necessary mathematical tools. Researchers with an interest in string theory, in either mathematics or theoretical physics, will find this a stimulating volume
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511600791
ER  -