Uniqueness of D=11 Supergravity

Abstract

We study the extent to which D=11 supergravity can be deformed and show in two very different ways that, unlike lower D versions, it forbids an extension with cosmological constant. Some speculations about other invariants are made, in connection with the possible counterterms of the theory.

15 pages. Lecture at "Quantum Mechanics of Fundamental Systems VI", Santiago, Chile, August 1997

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