8.821 | Fall 2014 | Graduate

String Theory and Holographic Duality

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Lecture 10: Basics of String Theory and Light-cone Gauge

Description: In this lecture, Prof. Liu first introduces general setup of string theory, including various forms of the string action and symmetries of the action. He then solves classical string dynamics in the light-cone gauge.

Instructor: Hong Liu

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