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In principle, it might have been that, for example, the string-derived nonperturbative results on the gauge theory were different as compared to the results obtained by Seiberg and Witten, and this would have obviously been quite a disaster. But no, it did out come right, as it did in all the many other instances were dualities were checked. It is this clearly visible, convergent evolution of a priori separate physical concepts, besides overwhelming “experimental” evidence, what gives the string theorists confidence in the validity of their ideas.
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Lerche, W. (2000). Outlook. In: Recent Developments in String Theory. Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, vol 445. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-05369-9_7
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