Gromov-Witten Theory of Quotients of Fermat Calabi-Yau Varieties
Author | : Hiroshi Iritani |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2021-06-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781470443634 |
ISBN-13 | : 1470443635 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Download or read book Gromov-Witten Theory of Quotients of Fermat Calabi-Yau Varieties written by Hiroshi Iritani and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gromov-Witten theory started as an attempt to provide a rigorous mathematical foundation for the so-called A-model topological string theory of Calabi-Yau varieties. Even though it can be defined for all the Kähler/symplectic manifolds, the theory on Calabi-Yau varieties remains the most difficult one. In fact, a great deal of techniques were developed for non-Calabi-Yau varieties during the last twenty years. These techniques have only limited bearing on the Calabi-Yau cases. In a certain sense, Calabi-Yau cases are very special too. There are two outstanding problems for the Gromov-Witten theory of Calabi-Yau varieties and they are the focus of our investigation.