2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/55658In these lectures, we review the D=11 supermembrane and supersymmetric matrix models at an introductory level. We also discuss some more recent developments in connection with non-perturbative string theory.46 pages, 4 figures, Lectures given by H. Nicolai at the Trieste Spring School on Non-Perturbative Aspects of String Theory and Supersymmetric Gauge Theories, 23 - 31 March 1998High Energy Physics - Theorytext