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A New Proof of the Mirror Theorem
Probability| Speaker: | Tom Coates, UC Berkeley |
| Location: | 693 Kerr |
| Start time: | Wed, Nov 7 2001, 4:10PM |
Description
In 1991 the physicists Candelas, de la Ossa, Green and Parkes made an astonishing prediction, based on "mirror symmetry" in string theory, of the number of rational curves of all degrees on a
quintic threefold $Q \subset \Bbb{P}^4$. This sparked a huge amount of mathematical activity, which has since resulted in a precise formulation
and proof of their prediction. I will describe some of the mathematics involved, and outline a new proof of this "mirror theorem". This is joint
work with Alexander Givental.
This is a joint seminar with Topology/Geometry
and is held during the Topology/Geometry time
slot