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This is the introductory chapter of a review collection on integrability in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. In the collection, we present an overview of the achievements and the status of this subject as of the year 2010.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam, 14476, Germany

    Niklas Beisert, Marc Magro, Tristan McLoughlin & Matthias Staudacher

  2. Department of Physics and Institute for the Early Universe, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 120-750, South Korea

    Changrim Ahn

  3. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, 24–29 St. Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK

    Luis F. Alday

  4. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA

    Luis F. Alday

  5. Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Pázmány s. 1/A, Budapest, Hungary

    Zoltán Bajnok

  6. PH-TH Division, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

    James M. Drummond

  7. LAPTH, Université de Savoie, CNRS, B.P. 110, 74941, Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex, France

    James M. Drummond

  8. Division for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 08, Uppsala, Sweden

    Lisa Freyhult, Thomas Klose & Joseph A. Minahan

  9. Department of Mathematics, King’s College, The Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK

    Nikolay Gromov & Sakura Schäfer-Nameki

  10. PNPI, Gatchina, Leningrad District, 188300, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Nikolay Gromov

  11. Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, ul. Reymonta 4, Kraków, 30-059, Poland

    Romuald A. Janik

  12. LPT, Ecole Normale Superiéure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Vladimir Kazakov

  13. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris-VI), 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Vladimir Kazakov

  14. Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA

    Thomas Klose

  15. Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    Gregory P. Korchemsky

  16. The Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Charlotte Kristjansen & Konstantinos Zoubos

  17. Laboratoire de Physique, ENS Lyon et CNRS UMR 5672, Université de Lyon, 46 allée d’Italie, 69364, Lyon Cedex 07, France

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  18. Physics Department, University of Miami, P. O. Box 248046, Coral Gables, FL, 33124, USA

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  19. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK

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  20. Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Radu Roiban & Dmytro Volin

  21. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

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  24. Department of Mathematics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK

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  25. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4, 3584 CE, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Beisert, N., Ahn, C., Alday, L.F. et al. Review of AdS/CFT Integrability: An Overview. Lett Math Phys 99, 3–32 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-011-0529-2

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