INTRODUCTION TO THE MALDACENA CONJECTURE ON AdS/CFT
Abstract
These lectures do not at all provide a general review of this rapidly growing field. Instead a rather detailed account is presented of a number of the most elementary aspects.
Based on lectures presented at "Quantum aspects of gauge theories, supersymmetry and unification," School in Leuven, January 18–23, 1999; and on lectures presented at "Nordic course on duality in string and field theories," 4–14 August, 1998, Nordita, Copenhagen. Lecture notes prepared with the help of Troels Harmark.


