Witten's original papers on M-theory

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The discussion centers around locating Witten's original papers on M-theory, with a focus on identifying essential works among many available on arXiv. Participants express interest in related papers discussing dualities from 1995.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant requests links to Witten's original papers on M-theory, indicating difficulty in navigating the numerous papers on arXiv.
  • Another participant identifies a specific paper by Witten and Horava that introduced M-theory, providing a link to it.
  • A different participant mentions that Witten's talks in 1995 focused on dualities, suggesting that other papers from that year may also be relevant.

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Participants generally agree on the importance of the identified paper, but there is no consensus on which additional papers may be essential or relevant.

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The discussion does not resolve which papers are definitively essential beyond the one identified, nor does it clarify the specific nature of the dualities mentioned.

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Readers interested in M-theory, string theory, or the historical context of Witten's contributions may find this discussion relevant.

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Does anyone have any links to Witten's origianl papers on M-theory? I tried seaching on arXiv but so many papers cam up I can't tell which are the essential ones. Any info would be appreciated.
 
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The paper where Witten (jointly with Horava) introduced M-Theory is this
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9510209
"Heterotic and type I string dynamics from eleven dimensions"
 
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
 
During all the year 1995 Witten tour concentrated on speaking of the dualities, S-T etc. Thus any other papers in this subject can be of some help too.
 
Thanks again.
 

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