Questions tagged [calabi-yau]
Calabi-Yau manifolds are higher dimensional generalizations of elliptic curves and K3 surfaces. They can be defined as the compact complex Kähler manifolds with trivial canonical bundle, and play a central role in mirror symmetry. This tag can also be used for Calabi-Yau algebras and categories. These algebraic notions are inspired by the properties of the derived categories of coherent sheaves on Calabi-Yau manifolds.
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What is the meaning of $(h^{11},h^{21})\to (h^{11}-240,h^{21}+240)$ in Calabi-Yau threefolds?
By browsing through the Hodge data of known Calabi-Yau threefolds, I stumbled upon an observation that frequently enough a pair of Hodge numbers $(h^{11},h^{21})$ comes together with the pair $ (h^{...
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Rational or elliptic curves on Calabi-Yau threefolds
Let $X$ be a Calabi-Yau threefold. From a complex analytic point of view, it is widely believed that it should not be Kobayashi hyperbolic, that is it should always admit some non-constant entire map ...
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The canonical line bundle of a normal variety
I have heard that the canonical divisor can be defined on a normal variety X since the smooth locus has codimension 2. Then, I have heard as well that for ANY algebraic variety such that the canonical ...
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Elkies' supersingularity theorem in higher dimension
The following is a theorem of Elkies:
Let $X$ be an elliptic curve over $\mathbb{Q}$. Then there are infinitely many primes $p$ such that the action of Frobenius on $H^1(\mathcal{O}, X)$ is zero.
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weight 4 eigenforms with rational coefficients---is it reasonable to expect they all come from Calabi-Yaus?
A weight 2 modular form which happens to be a normalised cuspidal eigenform with rational coefficients has a natural geometric avatar---namely an elliptic curve over the rationals. It seems to be a ...
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Theorem of Bryant in higher dimensions
I have the following question. I read about Bryant's theorem which says that: any real-analytic 3-dimensional Riemannian manifold $(Y,g)$ with real-analytic metric $g$ can be isometrically embedded as ...
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Moishezon manifolds with vanishing first Chern class
Suppose $M$ is a Moishezon manifold with $c_1(M)=0$ in $H^2(M,\mathbb{R})$. Does it follow that $K_M$ is torsion in $\mathrm{Pic}(M)$?
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Which cluster algebras have been categorified?
In "Tilting Theory and Cluster Combinatorics" Buan, Marsh, Reineke, Reiten, and Todorov constructed cluster categories for mutation finite cluster algebras (without coefficients), and Amiot gives a ...
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Finite fundamental groups of 3-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifolds
Question. Is there an example of a compact $3$-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold with finite fundamental group $G$ that does not admit a free action on $S^3$?
This question is motivated by the ...
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Donaldson-Thomas Invariants in Physics
First of all, I am sorry for there are a bunch of questions (though all related)and may not be well framed.
What are the DT invariants in physics. When one is computing DT invariants for a Calabi-Yau ...
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Deformations of Calabi-Yau manifolds
Let $X$ be a compact complex smooth manifold with holomorphically trivial canonical class.
It is true that any (sufficiently small?) deformation of the complex structure of $X$ also has ...
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Can Calabi-Yau manifolds have nonabelian discrete symmetry groups?
A particle physicist asked me the above question. Let me try to make it more precise. Suppose $M$ is a 3-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold: that is, a compact Kähler manifold of complex dimension ...
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Fundamental groups of Calabi-Yau varieties
By a Calabi-Yau variety I mean a smooth projective variety over the complex numbers with numerically trivial canonical divisor.
For each postive integer $n$ does there exist a finite group $G$ (...
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Are Calabi-Yau manifolds in dimension >= 3 algebraic?
I believe that I once saw a statement that every compact, smooth Calabi-Yau manifold in dimension at least 3 is algebraic, but I can remember neither the reference nor the proof (which would have been ...
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Witten's topological twisting
I am reading the Witten's topological twisting for $N = 2$ Superconformal Field Theory(SCFT) http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9112056
In this paper Witten constructed 2 TQFTs i.e. A-model and B-model from ...
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State of the art of BPS and Donaldson-Thomas invariants for toric Calabi-Yau threefolds
I am trying to understand what has been done with regards to computing BPS invariants and Donaldson-Thomas type invariants of Calabi-Yau threefolds. To make the question more focused, let's say that I ...
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Is a flop on Calabi-Yau threefolds always Atiyah flop?
Is it true that any flop on a Calabi-Yau threefold is given by the Atiyah flop? That is, there always exists a rigid rational curve $\mathbb{P}^1$ with normal bundle $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}(-1)^{\...
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Calabi - Yau Manifolds
I just started reading about Calabi-Yau manifolds and most of the sources I came across defined Calabi-Yau manifold in a different way. I can see that some of them are just same and I can derive one ...
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Today's world record on the Betti numbers of Calabi-Yau three-folds.
What are largest betti numbers $b_2$ and $b_3$ of three-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifolds that are discovered for today?
Is there some nice reference?
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The moduli space of special Lagrangian submanifolds
Given a special Lagrangian fibration $f:M \rightarrow B$ of a Calabi-Yau manifold $M$, one can associate to it two affine structures (symplectic and complex) on the base space $B$. A theorem of ...
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Kähler-Ricci flow approach for Beauville-Bogomolov type decomposition?
Is there any Kähler Ricci flow method for solving structure theorems in Algebraic geometry
In fact If $X$ be a Calabi-Yau manifold then we can descend the Kähler Ricci flow to its finite etale ...
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Why Yau's theorem implies the existence of hyperkähler metric on complex symplectic manifolds?
Every expository article on hyperkähler manifolds that I have read states without detailed proof the following fact:
It follows from Yau's theorem (i.e. a compact Kähler manifold $M$ with $c_1(M)=0$ ...
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Are the symmetric spaces $\operatorname{SU}(n)/{\operatorname{SO}(n)}$ always nontrivial in the bordism rings for $n>2$?
In my recent research, I need to know if the symmetric spaces $\operatorname{SU}(n)/{\operatorname{SO}(n)}$ are always nontrivial in the unoriented and oriented bordism rings for $n>2$. (For the ...
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Any progress on Strominger-Yau and Zaslow conjecture?
In 2002 Hausel - Thaddeus interpreted SYZ conjecture in the context of Hitchin system and Langlands duality. Let briefly explain it
Let $\pi : E \to Σ$ a complex vector bundle of rank $r$ and ...
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Elkies' supersingularity theorem in higher dimension (in terms of the associated Newton polygon)
Elkies' supersingularity theorem: Given an elliptic curve $E$ over $\mathbb{Q}$, there are infinitely many primes $p$ such that $E$ is supersingular over $\mathbb{F}_p$.
I have seen another post on ...
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Cohomology and conifold transition for the quintic
Let $Y\subset \mathbb{C}P^4$ be the quintic threefold given by the equation $$X^5_0+X^5_1+X^5_2+X^5_3+X^5_4+5X_0X_1X_2X_3X_4=0$$
it has 125 singular points whose links are homeomorphic to $S^2\times S^...
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Is $Sym^g$ of a Riemann Surface of genus $g$ Calabi-Yau?
The $g$-fold symmetric product of a Riemann surface of genus $g$ naturally has both a symplectic structure as well as a complex structure. Is it in fact Calabi-Yau? If so, is anything known about a ...
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Large Complex Structure Limit of Calabi-Yau family and uniqueness of limit
Let $\mathcal X$ be a smooth complex manifold of dimension $n+1$. We say $\mathcal X \to ∆$ is a large complex structure limit if and only if it’s maximal unipotent degeneration .
$T: H^n(\mathcal ...
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Derived category of varieties and derived category of quiver algebras
I have heard that derived category of coherent sheaves $\mathrm{Coh}(X)$ on any Fano varieties $X$ may be realized as derived category $\mathrm{Coh}(\mathrm{Rep}(Q,W))$ of representation of quiver $Q$ ...
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Calabi-Yau manifolds and knot theory
In the paper "The Volume Conjecture and Topological Strings" it is said that the mirror Calabi-Yau threefold is given by
$X := \{ (x,y,u,v) \in \mathbb{C^* \times\mathbb{C^*} \times \mathbb{C} \...
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What can one say about (differentiable) topological structure of CY3s?
It is known that there is a unique differential (and thus topological) structure on the elliptic curves and K3 surfaces over $\mathbb{C}$. Since we know tons of Hodge diamonds for Calabi-Yau ...
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Why is the mirror of resolved conifold the deformed conifold?
I often see a sentence like "the mirror of resolved conifold is the deformed conifold" in physics literature. I would like to ask, in what sense is this true? What is known for mirror symmetry for ...
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Singularities of the moduli stack of Calabi-Yau threefolds
Let $M$ be the moduli of polarized Calabi-Yau threefolds over $\mathbb C$ with fixed Euler characteristic. The coarse moduli space is singular (as usual), but what about the stack?
In many cases I ...
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Why is the mirror of rigid Calabi-Yau threefold singularity theory?
Mirror symmetry relates two Calabi-Yau threefolds with mirrored Hodge diamonds. Since Calabi-Yau threefold is Kahler, this naive correspondence does not hold for rigid Calabi-Yau threefolds. Here ...
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Calabi-Yau fiber space without singular fibers implies finite quotient of product?
While reading this paper of Kollár, the following question came up. If $f:X\to Y$ is a fiber space (i.e. surjective holomorphic map with connected fibers) with $X,Y$ smooth projective manifolds,...
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Is there a Calabi-Yau threefold with $h^{1,1}=1$ and $h^{1,2}=0$?
Is there a Calabi-Yau threefold with $h^{1,1}=1$ and $h^{1,2}=0$?
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Higher homotopy groups of Calabi-Yaus
Is something known about the higher homotopy groups of Calabi-Yau threefolds? For example, one of the easiest CYs is the quintic, defined as the anticanonical divisor in $\mathbb{CP}_4$. What are its ...
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Holomorphic vector fields on compact complex manifolds with trivial canonical bundle
Let $M$ be a compact complex manifold whose canonical bundle $K_M$ is holomorphically trivial. Is it possible for $M$ to admit a non-zero holomorphic vector field with zeroes? Equivalently, using a ...
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For which Calabi-Yau threefolds is SYZ conjecture known to hold?
I would like to know for which Calabi-Yau threefolds SYZ conjecture is known to hold. I am aware of works by Gross-Wilson (Borcea-Voisin CY3s) and Ruan (quintic CY3), but they are quite classical ...
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Necessary condition on Calabi-Yau manfiold to be a hypersurface in a Fano manifold
Let $X$ be a smooth projective Calabi-Yau threefold. Are there any known obstructions to it
being a member of a base-point-free linear system in a nef-Fano fourfold?
What, in anything, is known ...
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What is the geometrical meaning of higher Chern forms and classes?
Let $M$ be a complex manifold, $R^{\nabla}$ be the curvature operator for connections $\nabla$.
Consider a polynomial function $f:\operatorname M_n(\mathbb{C})\to\mathbb{C}$. For the gauge group $\...
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How do you get the spectral curve from a Calabi-Yau?
In N=2 Quantum Field Theories and Their BPS Quivers by Alim, Cecotti, Córdova, Espahbodi, Rastogi and Vafa the authors give a recipe which constructs from a pair $(C,\phi)$ consisting of a Riemann ...
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Contracting a rational curve in a Calabi-Yau threefold
Let $X$ be a Calabi-Yau threefold and $C \subset X$ be a rational curve with $N_{C/X}\cong \mathcal{O}\oplus \mathcal{O}(-2)$. Can one contract the curve $C$? Assuming the answer is yes, what kind of ...
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Do there exist Calabi-Yau 3-folds that contain a finite number of elliptic curves?
The moduli space $M_1(X, e)$ of degree $e$ elliptic curves on $X$ has virtual dimension zero if $X$ is a Calabi-Yau 3-fold. I am wondering if there is an example of such an $X$ so that each $M_1(X, e)$...
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Hodge Numbers and Leray Spectral Sequence
Mark Gross' notes survey of SYZ fibrations and toric degenerations begin by explaining why dual torus fibrations interchange Hodge numbers. But he defined the Hodge numbers in an unusual way
$$h^{p,q}(...
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central charge and Calabi-Yau dimension
I would like to know if there is any setting where the two notions of
central charge of 2D conformal field theories,
Calabi-Yau dimension of fractionally Calabi-Yau categories
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Multiple mirrors phenomenon from SYZ and HMS perspective
There is a set of ideas called mirror symmetry which, roughly speaking, relates symplectic and complex geometry of Calabi--Yau manifolds. There are also extensions to Fano and general type varieties ...
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Mirror Symmetry for Quaternionic-Kähler Manifolds
I take the following quote from Huybrecht's notes on hyperkähler manifolds and mirror symmetry:
Mirror symmetry in a first approximation predicts for any Calabi-Yau manifold (M,g) the existence of ...
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How to construct log-canonical (or Calabi-Yau), non-Cohen-Macaulay singularities of low codimensions?
(EDIT 07/06/11: although the question has not been settled definitely, Sándor's excellent answer and the comments by Angelo and ulrich have highlighted many potential obstructions to the constructions ...
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what is large compex structure limit of CY moduli space
What is the Large Complex Structure limit(LCL) of complex moduli space of a Calabi-Yau 3-fold and why do we need to consider LCL in Mirror symmetry.
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