1211.1202 (Joakim Arnlind et al.)

The world as quantized minimal surfaces    [PDF]

Joakim Arnlind, Jens Hoppe

It is pointed out that the equations $\sum_{i=1}^d [X_i,[X_i,X_j]]=0$ (and its super-symmetrizations, playing a central role in M-theory matrix models) describe noncommutative minimal surfaces -- and can be solved as such.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.1202