a string world-sheet is a 2-d surface in . To get it, find the extremal
path of a string. The integral to minimze is: where = 2 dimensional
metric on world sheet.
symmetries:
- Diff(M
- (weyl rescaling) only works because sheet is 2-dimensional
If you take the determinant, you'll get the argument of the integrla
of s. so . D=26 to avoid quantum mechanical problems.
source
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