Abstract
The motivation for studying Yang Mills matrix integrals comes
from string theory but they present many interesting mathematical problems
which can be studied in their own right. I will explain very qualitatively
what the
string theory connection is. The integrals are essentially a measure, not
all of whose
moments are finite; I will discuss the convergence properties both for the
bosonic case
and the supersymmetric one. Lastly I will discuss the properties of the
Polyakov line.
Contact person:Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen.