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An introduction to an introduction to mirror symmetry through toric geometry

Student-Run Combinatorics & Algebra

Speaker: Adam Sorkin, UC Davis
Location: 2112 MSB
Start time: Thu, Nov 10 2011, 3:10PM

In this talk, I will introduce toric varieties, and show how they are used to construct mirror Calabi-Yau manifolds.