| Regge behavior | reading | homework | background material |
| Γ & B functions | bits of VIIA2 | | |
| Coulomb scattering | VIIA6, 2nd ½ | VIIA6.2 | IIIA3 (strong coupling JWKB), VIC4 (stu angles) |
| Regge theory | XIA1 | XIA1.1-2 | |
| General properties | | | |
| Group theory in Feynman diagrams | VC9 | VC9.1 | |
| String types, internal symmetry | XIA4 | | IA5 (CPT) |
| T-duality | XIA5 | | IXA5 (gravity coupling from |0〉) |
| 1st-quantization of Feynman diagrams | VC8 | | IIIB1 (relativistic 1st-q) |
| 1/N expansion | VIIC4 | | |
| Worldsheet lattice | XIA7, 1st ½ | | VIIIB7 (lattice QCD) |
| Break | (especially for conformal field theory) |
| Trees | |
| Trees in quantum mechanics | VIIIC5, 1st ½ | | VA4 (S-matrix) |
| Open string trees | XIB6 | | VIIC2 (Stirling approximation), XIB1 (lightcone gauge) |
| Closed string trees | XIB7 | | |
| Ghosts | XIB8 | | IC6 (projective vs. coset), IXB1 (gravity BRST) |