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Introduction to the AdS/CFT correspondence

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Partition functions. 2.<br />

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Imagine a scalar field ϕ in <strong>the</strong> bulk of <strong>AdS</strong><br />

with <strong>the</strong> action<br />

S <br />

»<br />

d 5 y ? ¡g p∇ϕq 2<br />

m 2 ϕ 2¨ obeying<br />

a wave equation ¡△ϕ m 2 ϕ 0, where<br />

△ ? 1<br />

¡g<br />

B µ p ? ¡g g µν B ν ¤q is <strong>the</strong> Laplacian.<br />

We want <strong>to</strong> solve it with a prescribed<br />

boundary value ϕ| boundary<br />

ϕ 0<br />

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