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I have a great interest in the area of string theory, but since I am more focused on mathematics, I was wondering if there is any book out there that covers mathematical aspects of string theory. I did some research and found some resources, at these notes: http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~rehmann/ECM/cdrom/3ecm/pdfs/pant3/dijkgr.pdf and at the website http://superstringtheory.com/math/math2.html. Is there any book that covers string theory in more of a mathematical aspect?

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The answers to this related question physics.stackexchange.com/q/2528/2751 probably contain many useful things. – Dilaton Feb 25 at 21:26
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There is a nice book by Nirmala Prakash called "Mathematical Perspectives on Theoretical Physics: A Journey from Black Holes to Superstrings" that covers the topic of this question quite nicely.

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