Three Introductory Lectures in Helsinki on Matrix Models of Superstrings
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These are short notes of three introductory lectures on recently proposed matrix models of Superstrings and M theory given at 5th Nordic Meeting on Supersymmetric Field and String Theories in Helsinki (March 10–12, 1997).
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