Special Colloquium
Siu-Cheong Lau
Harvard University
A constructive approach to mirror symmetry
Abstract: Mirror symmetry is a duality found by string theorists. It reveals deep links between complex and symplectic geometries.
In this talk I will explain a constructive approach to mirror symmetry based on the SYZ program.
It explains why mirror symmetry occurs and gives an enumerative meaning of the mirror map, which plays a central role in mirror symmetry.
It also gives an effective way to compute the open Gromov-Witten invariants, which are in general obstructed and difficult to derive.
Friday January 23, 2015 at 3:00 PM in SEO 636