Developments in topological gravity

DOI10.1142/S0217751X18300296zbMath1404.83001WikidataQ128952775 ScholiaQ128952775MaRDI QIDQ4556803

Robbert Dijkgraaf, Edward Witten

Publication date: 28 November 2018

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

matrix modelsKdVmoduli space of Riemann surfacestopological gravitystwo developmentsVirasoro formulas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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