10. Basics of String Theory and Light-cone Gauge

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MIT 8.821 String Theory and Holographic Duality, Fall 2014
Instructor: Hong Liu

In this lecture, Prof. Liu first introduces general setup of string theory, including various forms of the string action and symmetries of the action. He then solves classical string dynamics in the light-cone gauge.

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Thanks. Not overloaded With formalism. plastic and easy to Follow.

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Amateur question about why gamma_{ab} can be set to eta_{ab}. For example. how can the metric of a half cosine world sheet be eta_{ab}?

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How gamma(ab) has 3 degrees of freedom?

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