More exact predictions of SUSYM for string theory

We compute the coefficients of an infinite family of chiral primary operators in the local operator expansion of a circular Wilson loop in N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The computation sums all planar rainbow Feynman graphs. We argue that radiative corrections from planar graphs with internal vertices cancel in leading orders and we conjecture that they cancel to all orders in perturbation theory. The coefficients are nontrivial functions of the 't Hooft coupling and their strong coupling limits are in exact agreement with those previously computed using the AdS/CFT correspondence. They predict the subleading orders in strong coupling and could in principle be compared with string theory calculations. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.