2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/56257Introductory lectures on the relations between the thermodynamics of gauge theory on branes and black holes, including the correspondence principle of Horowitz and Polchinski, the AdS/CFT conjecture, and matrix theory.29 pages, 12 figures; lectures at Cargese 1999High Energy Physics - Theorytext