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Basic Concepts of String Theory
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
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W. Beiglbock,¨ Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
P. Chrusciel, Hertford College, University of Oxford, UK
J.-P. Eckmann, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
H. Grosse, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna, Austria
A. Kupiainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
H. Lowen,¨ Heinrich-Heine-University, D¨usseldorf, Germany
M. Loss, School of Mathematics, ia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
N. A. Nekrasov, Institut des Hautes Etudes´ Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France
M. Ohya, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Japan
M. Salmhofer, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
S. Smirnov, Mathematics Section, University of Geneva, Switzerland
L. Takhtajan, Department of Mathematics, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
J. Yngvason, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna, Austria
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