W INFINITY AND STRING THEORY

1992/02/23 by X. Shen, Xiaorong Shen · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217751x92003203

published as Int.J.Mod.Phys. A7 (1992) 6953-6994 · 46 pages

arxiv created 1992/02/23 · openalex publication_date 1992/11/10 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Some recent developments in the theory of W ∞ are reviewed. Its relevance to lower-dimensional string theory is commented on.

Citations

• Classical and Quantum W-Gravity

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