 Worldvolume (source code)

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= Worldvolume
{title2=$\Sigma^{p+1}$}

= World volume
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The worldvolume is the history of a <brane>. An embedding $X:\Sigma\to\mathcal M$ maps its local coordinates into target <spacetime>. A string <worldvolume> is a <worldsheet>.

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