1996/11/21 by Leonard Susskind, Susskind, Leonard · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9611164
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The matrix model formulation of M theory can be generalized to compact transverse backgrounds such as tori. If the number of compact directions is K then the matrix model must be generalized to K+1 dimensional super Yang Mills theory on a compact space. If K is greater than or equal to 3, there are T dualities which which require highly nontrivial identifications between different SYM theories. In the simplest case we will see that the requirement reduces to the well known electric- magnetic duality of N=4 SYM theory in 3+1 dimensions.