| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N17669/01 |
| Title: |
MIRROR SYMMETRY OF CALABI-YAU MANIFOLDS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Gross, Professor M |
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| Department: |
Mathematics |
| Organisation: |
University of Warwick |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
08 May 2000 |
Ends: |
07 May 2002 |
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6,257
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| Algebra & Geometry |
Mathematical Physics |
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The goal is to understand the geometry underlying the phenomenon of mirror symmetry, which was intially discovered by theoretical physicists studying string theory. This discovery suggested that certain string theories compactified on two quite distinct six-dimensional manifolds, known as Calabi-Yau manifolds, were in fact identical. This led to a number of mathematical predictions of a seemingly miraculous nature, many of which have since been verified. However, until recently, there was no understanding of a geometric connection between mirror pairs of Calabi-Yau manifolds. In 1996, A. Strominger, S.T.Yau and E. Zaslow proposed a very conjectural link between mirror pairs. This proposal is geared at understanding this link, and elucidating the struture of the conjecture with an aim towards providing the tools necessary to attack the conjecture.
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