Introduction to the holographic principle using gravity models in two and three dimensions

gravity with boundaries, asymptotic Killing vectors, Cartan formulation, gravity in two and three dimensions, canonical boundary charges, asymptotic symmetry algebras, central extensions, AdS_3/CFT_2, holographic renormalization, correlation functions, holographic entanglement entropy

good knowledge of Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity, in particular black hole physics, required

knowledge of Quantum Field Theory, in particular Conformal Field Theory, very useful but not required

while the course is self-contained it assumes knowledge covered in the lectures Black Holes I, II