Duality and Canonical Transformations
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We present a brief review on the canonical transformation description of some duality symmetries in string and gauge theories. In particular, we consider abelian and non-abelian T-dualities in closed and open string theories as well as S-duality in abelian and non-abelian non-supersymmetric gauge theories. THU-96/36 hep-th/9610024 October 1996 Talk given at the Argonne Duality Institute, June 27-July 12, 1996. To appear in the e-proceedings. [email protected]
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