Department of Mathematics
Mathematics Colloquium - Spring 2016
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
3:00pm - 4:00pm, in McCormack 2-404
3:00pm - 4:00pm, in McCormack 2-404
Siu-Cheong Lau
Boston UniversitySYZ mirror symmetry and modular forms
Abstract:
Mirror symmetry is a deep duality found by string theorists between complex and symplectic geometries. In this talk I will introduce the SYZ constructive approach to mirror symmetry. Applying the mirror construction to certain local Calabi-Yau manifolds which correspond to the affine A-type Dynkin diagram, we shall see a surprising relation between certain symplectic invariants and modular forms. This is a joint work with Atsushi Kanazawa.
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