Supermembranes and Super Matrix Models
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We review recent developments in the theory of supermembranes and their relation to matrix models. Lecture presented at the Corfu Workshop, September 20 26, 1998, of the TMR Project Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification (ERBFMRXCT960045), to appear in the proceedings.
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