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Mirror symmetry and algebraic geometry

TL;DR: The quintic threefold Toric geometry Mirror symmetry constructions Hodge theory and Yukawa couplings Moduli spaces Gromov-Witten invariants Quantum cohomology Localization Quantum differential equations The mirror theorem Conclusion Singular varieties Physical theories Bibliography Index as mentioned in this paper
Abstract: Introduction The quintic threefold Toric geometry Mirror symmetry constructions Hodge theory and Yukawa couplings Moduli spaces Gromov-Witten invariants Quantum cohomology Localization Quantum differential equations The mirror theorem Conclusion Singular varieties Physical theories Bibliography Index.
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TL;DR: In this article, an approach to estimate the number of vacua of string/M theory which can realize the Standard Model is presented. But this approach is limited to string theory.
Abstract: We discuss systematic approaches to the classification of string/M theory vacua, and physical questions this might help us resolve. To this end, we initiate the study of ensembles of effective Lagrangians, which can be used to precisely study the predictive power of string theory, and in simple examples can lead to universality results. Using these ideas, we outline an approach to estimating the number of vacua of string/M theory which can realize the Standard Model.

757 citations


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  • ...A simpler example with most of the features is the complex structure moduli space of the torus T (6),as discussed in many references [73,65], while the mathematical technology for the general case is discussed in [26]....

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24 May 2004
TL;DR: The Ricci flow of special geometries Special and limit solutions Short time existence Maximum principles The Ricci Flow on surfaces Three-manifolds of positive Ricci curvature Derivative estimates Singularities and the limits of their dilations Type I singularities as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The Ricci flow of special geometries Special and limit solutions Short time existence Maximum principles The Ricci flow on surfaces Three-manifolds of positive Ricci curvature Derivative estimates Singularities and the limits of their dilations Type I singularities The Ricci calculus Some results in comparison geometry Bibliography Index.

715 citations

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09 Aug 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define limit spaces, limit spaces and limit spaces in algebraic theory, and use them to define Iterated Monodromy groups (IMG) groups.
Abstract: Basic definitions and examples Algebraic theory Limit spaces Orbispaces Iterated monodromy groups Examples and applications Bibliography Index

520 citations

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01 Nov 2005
TL;DR: Polynomial identities and PI-algebras $S_n$-representations Group gradings and group actions Codimension and colength growth Matrix invariants and central polynomials The PI-exponent of an algebra Polynomial growth and low PIexponent Classifying minimal varieties Computing the exponent of a polynomial.
Abstract: Polynomial identities and PI-algebras $S_n$-representations Group gradings and group actions Codimension and colength growth Matrix invariants and central polynomials The PI-exponent of an algebra Polynomial growth and low PI-exponent Classifying minimal varieties Computing the exponent of a polynomial $G$-identities and $G\wr S_n$-action Superalgebras, *-algebras and codimension growth Lie algebras and nonassociative algebras The generalized-six-square theorem Bibliography Index.

433 citations

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01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: In this article, the Kawasaki Riemann-Roch formula was used to prove the Hamiltonian cobordism invariance of the index of a transversally elliptic operator.
Abstract: Introduction Part 1. Cobordism: Hamiltonian cobordism Abstract moment maps The linearization theorem Reduction and applications Part 2. Quantization: Geometric quantization The quantum version of the linearization theorem Quantization commutes with reduction Part 3. Appendices: Signs and normalization conventions Proper actions of Lie groups Equivariant cohomology Stable complex and Spin$^{\mathrm{c}}$structures Assignments and abstract moment maps Assignment cohomology Non-degenerate abstract moment maps Characteristic numbers, non-degenerate cobordisms, and non-virtual quantization The Kawasaki Riemann-Roch formula Cobordism invariance of the index of a transversally elliptic operator Bibliography Index.

380 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the prepotentials and geometry of the moduli spaces for a Calabi-Yau manifold and its mirror were derived and all the sigma model corrections to the Yukawa couplings and moduli space metric were obtained.

1,679 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that there exists an isomorphism between two conformal field theories corresponding to Calabi-Yau varieties from two families of algebraic compactifications of affine hypersurfaces.
Abstract: We consider families ${\cal F}(\Delta)$ consisting of complex $(n-1)$-dimensional projective algebraic compactifications of $\Delta$-regular affine hypersurfaces $Z_f$ defined by Laurent polynomials $f$ with a fixed $n$-dimensional Newton polyhedron $\Delta$ in $n$-dimensional algebraic torus ${\bf T} =({\bf C}^*)^n$. If the family ${\cal F}(\Delta)$ defined by a Newton polyhedron $\Delta$ consists of $(n-1)$-dimensional Calabi-Yau varieties, then the dual, or polar, polyhedron $\Delta^*$ in the dual space defines another family ${\cal F}(\Delta^*)$ of Calabi-Yau varieties, so that we obtain the remarkable duality between two {\em different families} of Calabi-Yau varieties. It is shown that the properties of this duality coincide with the properties of {\em Mirror Symmetry} discovered by physicists for Calabi-Yau $3$-folds. Our method allows to construct many new examples of Calabi-Yau $3$-folds and new candidats for their mirrors which were previously unknown for physicists. We conjecture that there exists an isomorphism between two conformal field theories corresponding to Calabi-Yau varieties from two families ${\cal F}(\Delta)$ and ${\cal F}(\Delta^*)$.

1,231 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that there exists an isomorphism between two conformal field theories corresponding to Calabi-Yau varieties from two families of algebraic compactifications of affine hypersurfaces.
Abstract: We consider families ${\cal F}(\Delta)$ consisting of complex $(n-1)$-dimensional projective algebraic compactifications of $\Delta$-regular affine hypersurfaces $Z_f$ defined by Laurent polynomials $f$ with a fixed $n$-dimensional Newton polyhedron $\Delta$ in $n$-dimensional algebraic torus ${\bf T} =({\bf C}^*)^n$. If the family ${\cal F}(\Delta)$ defined by a Newton polyhedron $\Delta$ consists of $(n-1)$-dimensional Calabi-Yau varieties, then the dual, or polar, polyhedron $\Delta^*$ in the dual space defines another family ${\cal F}(\Delta^*)$ of Calabi-Yau varieties, so that we obtain the remarkable duality between two {\em different families} of Calabi-Yau varieties. It is shown that the properties of this duality coincide with the properties of {\em Mirror Symmetry} discovered by physicists for Calabi-Yau $3$-folds. Our method allows to construct many new examples of Calabi-Yau $3$-folds and new candidats for their mirrors which were previously unknown for physicists. We conjecture that there exists an isomorphism between two conformal field theories corresponding to Calabi-Yau varieties from two families ${\cal F}(\Delta)$ and ${\cal F}(\Delta^*)$.

876 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the combinatorial duality proposed by second author agrees with the duality for Hodge numbers predicted by mirror symmetry, and that the complete verification of mirror symmetry predictions for singular Calabi-Yau varieties of arbitrary dimension requires considerations of string-theoretic Hodge number.
Abstract: We investigate Hodge-theoretic properties of Calabi-Yau complete intersections $V$ of $r$ semi-ample divisors in $d$-dimensional toric Fano varieties having at most Gorenstein singularities. Our main purpose is to show that the combinatorial duality proposed by second author agrees with the duality for Hodge numbers predicted by mirror symmetry. It is expected that the complete verification of mirror symmetry predictions for singular Calabi-Yau varieties $V$ of arbitrary dimension demands considerations of so called {\em string-theoretic Hodge numbers} $h^{p,q}_{\rm st}(V)$. We restrict ourselves to the string-theoretic Hodge numbers $h^{0,q}_{\rm st}(V)$ and $h^{1,q}_{\rm st}(V)$ $(0 \leq q \leq d-r) which coincide with the usual Hodge numbers $h^{0,q}(\widehat{V})$ and $h^{1,q}(\widehat{V})$ of a $MPCP$-desingularization $\widehat{V}$ of $V$.

370 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors formulate general conjectures about the relationship between the A-model connection on the cohomology of ad-dimensional Calabi-Yau complete intersectionV ofr hypersurfacesV1,...,Vr in a toric varietyPΣ and the system of differential operators annihilating the special generalized hypergeometric series Φ0 constructed from the fan Σ.
Abstract: We formulate general conjectures about the relationship between the A-model connection on the cohomology of ad-dimensional Calabi-Yau complete intersectionV ofr hypersurfacesV1,...,Vr in a toric varietyPΣ and the system of differential operators annihilating the special generalized hypergeometric series Φ0 constructed from the fan Σ. Using this generalized hypergeometric series, we propose conjectural mirrorsV′ ofV and the canonicalq-coordinates on the moduli spaces of Calabi-Yau manifolds.

202 citations