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These lecture notes give a pedagogical and (mostly) self-contained review of some basic aspects of the Matrix model of M-theory. The derivations of the model as a regularized supermembrane theory and as the discrete light-cone quantization of M-theory are presented. The construction of M-theory objects from matrices is described, and gravitational interactions between these objects are derived using Yang-Mills perturbation theory. Generalizations of the model to compact and curved space-times are discussed, and the current status of the theory is reviewed.
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Taylor, W. (2000). The M(Atrix) Model of M-Theory. In: Thorlacius, L., Jonsson, T. (eds) M-Theory and Quantum Geometry. NATO Science Series, vol 556. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4303-5_3
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