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Random partitions and instanton counting

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Geometry math.MP

Abstract

In this expository paper we summarize the connection between random partitions and 4-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories discovered in hep-th/0306238. There is also a brief section about how this extends to 3-dimensional partitions which is best read together with math-ph/0412008.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0601062,
  title  = {Random partitions and instanton counting},
  author = {Andrei Okounkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0601062},
  year   = {2007}
}

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24 pages, 9 figures