The First Thirty Years of Large-N Gauge Theory

Abstract

I review some developments in the large-N gauge theory since 1974. The main attention is payed to: multicolor QCD, matrix models, loop equations, reduced models, 2D quantum gravity, free random variables, noncommutative theories, AdS/CFT correspondence.

13.1pp., Latex, 2 figs; v2: 2 refs added. Talk at Large Nc QCD 2004

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