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Mirror symmetry II / B. Greene and S.-T. Yau, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, 2472-5153 ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mirror symmetry.
- Conformal invariants.
- Quantum field theory.
- Geometry, Enumerative.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 844 p. : ill.)
- Other Title:
- Mirror symmetry 2
- Place of Publication:
- Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society : International Press, c1997.
- System Details:
- Mode of access : World Wide Web
- Contents:
- Construction of mirror manifolds (Part I) Geometry and quantum field theory: A brief introduction Constructing mirror manifolds Dual cones and mirror symmetry for generalized Calabi-Yau manifolds Mirror symmetry constructions: A review On the elliptic genus and mirror symmetry Orbifold Euler characteristic The structure of moduli space (Part II) Phases of $N$ = 2 theories in two dimensions Calabi-Yau moduli space, mirror manifolds, and spacetime topology change in string theory Picard-Fuchs equations, special geometry, and target space duality Resolution of orbifold singularities in string theory The role of $c_2$ in Calabi-Yau classification-A preliminary survey Thickening Calabi-Yau moduli spaces The deformation space of Calabi-Yau $n$-folds with canonical singularities can be obstructed Introduction to duality Noncompact Calabi-Yau spaces and other nontrivial backgrounds for four-dimensional superstrings Scaling behavior on the space of Calabi-Yau manifolds Enumerative issues and mirror symmetry (Part III) Making enumerative predictions by means of mirror symmetry Mirror symmetry for two parameter models. I Mirror symmetry, mirror map, and applications to complete intersection Calabi-Yau spaces Gromov-Witten classes, quantum cohomology, and enumerative geometry Holomorphic anomalies in topological field theories Local behavior of Hodge structures at infinity Mirror symmetry in higher and lower dimensions (Part IV) String theory on K3 surfaces K3 surfaces with involution and mirror pairs of Calabi-Yau manifolds Mirror manifolds in higher dimension Supermanifolds, rigid manifolds, and mirror symmetry
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mirror symmetry II /
- ISBN:
- 9781470437916 (online)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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