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arxiv: hep-th/9503127 · v1 · submitted 1995-03-20 · ✦ hep-th

String Theory Symmetries

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords stringtheorysymmetriesdualityevidencehopenon-perturbativeunderstanding
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A brief review of the status of duality symmetries in string theory is presented. The evidence is accumulating rapidly that an enormous group of duality symmetries, including perturbative T dualities and non-perturbative S-dualities, underlies string theory. It is my hope that an understanding of these symmetries will suggest the right way to formulate non-perturbative string theory. Whether or not this hope is realized, it has already been demonstrated that this line of inquiry leads to powerful new tools for understanding gauge theories and new evidence for the uniqueness of string theory, as well as deep mathematical results.

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