Quantization of Geometry
Abstract
Description
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Bosonic propagators and random paths
3. Random surfaces and strings
4. Matrix models and two-dimensional quantum gravity
5. The mystery of $c > 1$
6. Euclidean quantum gravity in $d > 2$
7. Discussion
101 pages, 31 figures. Lectures presented at the 1994 Les Houches Summer School ``Fluctuating Geometries in Statistical Mechanics and Field Theory.'' (also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/lh94/ )
101 pages, 31 figures. Lectures presented at the 1994 Les Houches Summer School ``Fluctuating Geometries in Statistical Mechanics and Field Theory.'' (also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/lh94/ )