p-adic Strings Then and Now
arXiv:1711.00523
Abstract
After a brief review of the idea and main results of the original p-adic string work, I describe the recent interest in p-adic strings in the context of AdS/CFT duality
9 pages; This invited paper at the Sixth International Conference on p-adic Mathematical Physics and its Applications, Mexico-City, October 2017 is dedicated to my friend, the distinguished physicist, Thomas Curtright on the occasion of his ecliptic 69th birthday