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Cycling, twisting, and sewing in the group theoretic approach to strings

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The general theory for cycling transformations in the group theoretic approach to strings is presented. It leads to a simple physical interpretation of the method which is discussed. We also demonstrate that twisting and sewing, i.e. factorization are an inevitable consequence of the method. We show that there exists a particularly simple choice of cycling transformations that leads to very great simplifications in the results for excited string scattering.

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  1. A. Neveu

    Present address: Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de L'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

  2. P. West

    Present address: Mathematics Department, King's College, Strand, WC2R 2LS, London, U.K.

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Neveu, A., West, P. Cycling, twisting, and sewing in the group theoretic approach to strings. Commun.Math. Phys. 119, 585–607 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01218346

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