DIRICHLET BRANES AND A COHOMOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF TIME FLOW

José M. Isidro (Spain) and P. Fernández De Córdoba (Spain)

Received October 18, 2007; Revised December 11, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: Dirichlet branes, Lie algebra, cohomology.