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1. Introduction

Author : Enno Keßler

Published in: Supergeometry, Super Riemann Surfaces and the Superconformal Action Functional

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The motivating question for this work is how the superconformal action functional, a supersymmetric extension of the harmonic action functional on Riemann surfaces, is related to super Riemann surfaces and their moduli. The results lay the groundwork for a treatment of the moduli space of super Riemann surfaces via the superconformal action functional and show beautiful similarities to the theory of Riemann surfaces and harmonic maps.

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Title: Introduction
Author: Enno Keßler
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Supergeometry, Super Riemann Surfaces and the Superconformal Action Functional
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-13757-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-13758-8

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13758-8_1

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