An integrability primer for the gauge-gravity correspondence: An introduction

We introduce a series of articles reviewing various aspects of integrable models relevant to the anti-de Sitter (AdS)/conformal quantum field theory (CFT) correspondence. Topics covered in these reviews are: classical integrability, Yangian symmetry, factorized scattering, the Bethe ansatz, the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz, and integrable structures in (conformal) quantum field theory. In the present article we highlight how these concepts have found application in AdS/CFT, and provide a brief overview of the material contained in this series.