Description:
Polyakov first understood in 1981 that the summation over random Riemannian metrics involved in transition amplitudes in gauge theory or string theory could be represented mathematically by the now celebrated Liouville theory of quantum gravity.
This is joint work with Scott Sheffield.
Speaker(s):
Bertrand Duplantier, research director, Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA-Saclay
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