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This text provides a survey of the state of knowledge about the dynamics and gravitational properties of cosmic strings treated in the idealized classical approximation as line singularities described by the Nambu-Goto action. The author's purpose is to provide a standard reference to all work that has been published since the mid-1970s and to link this work together in a single conceptual framework and a single notational formalism. A working knowledge of basic general relativity is assumed. This book should be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in mathematics, theoretical physics and astronomy, and those interested in cosmic strings.

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Anderson provides a comprehensive summary and review of the mathematical theory of cosmic strings. The subject is not in a state of rapid change so the book is up to date and it is likely to remain so for some time. Although the book is technical and requires a strong mathematical background and an interest in differential geometry, it is well written and reads easily . . . I found the later sections particularly interesting, especially the discussion of the infinite straight string and the associated singularity structure . . . This is a valuable reference work and compendium of results. -- D R Matravers, Comtemporary Physics, 2003, 44/5

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Anderson\, M.R.

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