Introduction to Gauge/Gravity Duality

Abstract

These lectures are an introduction to gauge/gravity duality, presented at TASI 2010. The first three sections present the basics, focusing on $Ad{S}_5\times S^5$. The last section surveys a variety of ways to generate duals of reduced symmetry.

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