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CALABI-YAU VARIETIES AND MIRROR SYMMETRY
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| By: |
Noriko Yui (Editor), James D. Lewis (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£126.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0821833553 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780821833551 |
| Publisher: |
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2003 |
| Edition: |
New ed. |
| Series: |
Fields Institute Communications No. 38 |
| Pages: |
367 |
| Description: |
The idea of mirror symmetry originated in physics, but the field has exploded onto the mathematical scene. It has inspired many developments in algebraic and arithmetic geometry, toric geometry, the theory of Riemann surfaces, and infinite-dimensional Lie algebras among others. This title contains articles that report on developments in the field. |
| Synopsis: |
The idea of mirror symmetry originated in physics, but in recent years, the field of mirror symmetry has exploded onto the mathematical scene. It has inspired many new developments in algebraic and arithmetic geometry, toric geometry, the theory of Riemann surfaces, and infinite-dimensional Lie algebras among others. The developments in physics stimulated the interest of mathematicians in Calabi-Yau varieties. This led to the realization that the time is ripe for mathematicians, armed with many concrete examples and alerted by the mirror symmetry phenomenon, to focus on Calabi-Yau varieties and to test for these special varieties some of the great outstanding conjectures, e.g., the modularity conjecture for Calabi-Yau threefolds defined over the rationals, the Bloch-Beilinson conjectures, regulator maps of higher algebraic cycles, Picard-Fuchs differential equations, GKZ hypergeometric systems, and others.The articles in this volume report on current developments. The papers are divided roughly into two categories: geometric methods and arithmetic methods.One of the significant outcomes of the workshop is that we are finally beginning to understand the mirror symmetry phenomenon from the arithmetic point of view, namely, in terms of zeta-functions and L-series of mirror pairs of Calabi-Yau threefolds. The book is suitable for researchers interested in mirror symmetry and string theory. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
American Mathematical Society |
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Returnable |
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