In this talk I will survey some of the basic facts about superstring theories
in 10 dimensions and the dualities that relate them to M theory in 11
dimensions. Then I will mention some important unresolved issues.Comment: 7 pages; To be published in the Proceedings of COSMO-9

Schwarz, John H.

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In the strong coupling limit Type IIA superstring theory develops an 11th dimension that is not apparent in perturbation theory. This suggests the existence of a consistent 11D quantum theory, called M theory, which is approximated by 11D supergravity at low energies. In this review we describe some of the evidence for this picture and some of its implications

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