2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/55335We review recent developments in the theory of supermembranes and their relation to matrix models.Invited talk given at the 31-st International Symposium Ahrenshoop on the Theory of Elementary Particles, Buckow, September 2 - 6, 1997 (to appear in Fortschritte der Physik) and at the CERN Theory Division, December 3, 1997. Latex, 19 pp. Minor correctionsHigh Energy Physics - Theorytext