Questions tagged [mirror-symmetry]
Use for questions about mirror symmetry in theoretical/mathematical physics.
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Are there connections between Calabi-Yau manifolds and number theory?
I am interested in understanding whether there are any significant connections between Calabi-Yau manifolds and number theory. Calabi-Yau manifolds are central objects in algebraic geometry and string ...
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Axes of symmetry and symmetry group of the tangent cone to an open, connected, convex subset of the Euclidean space
Given a closed convex set $K\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ and a point $x\in K$ the tangent cone to $K$ at $x$ is defined by
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T_xK:=\overline{\{v\in \mathbb{R}^d: \exists \lambda \geq 0 \text{ ...
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General algebraic definition of mirror symmetry
I'm trying to understand the following statement of Hori-Vafa from the algebraic perspective:
The mirror of the Hirzebruch surface $\mathbb{F}_{n}$ is the Landau-Ginzburg model $x+y+\frac{a}{x}+\frac{...
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Does geometric Langlands program generalize homological mirror symmetry?
In grad school, I received some training in homological mirror symmetry and have begun learning about the classical Langlands program. I see that geometric Langlands at times explicitly mentions ...
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Perfect complexes in a family
Consider a simple normal crossings variety $X=\bigcup_{i=1}^k X_i$ over $\mathbb{C}$ where $X_i$ are smooth projectiv and a flat family $\mathcal{X}\xrightarrow{\pi}\mathbb{A}^1_{\mathbb{C}}$ with $\...
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Higher homological mirror symmetry?
The bounded derived category $D^b\mathrm{Coh}(X)$ is the homotopy category of a stable $\infty$-category $\mathbb{D}^b\mathrm{Coh}(X)$. Apparently there are reasons, such as "nonfunctoriality of ...
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Mirror of a local K3 surface
Is there any description of a mirror manifold of a (non-compact) Calabi-Yau threefold given by the total space of the trivial line bundle on a K3 surface? If yes, in what way is it a mirror?
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Enumerative or Gromov-Witten invariants from derived category of coherent sheaves
Let $X$ be a smooth projective toric Fano surface over $\mathbb{C}$. Suppose I have a nice presentation of $D^b_{Coh}(X)$ given by a full, strong exceptional collection $\mathcal{E} = \{E_i\}_{i\in I}$...
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Kapustin-Witten branes and the derived moduli stack of Higgs bundles
A lot has been discussed on overflow regarding geometric Langlands and the physics of Kapustin and Witten's groundbreaking paper https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0604151. I would like to add my two cents ...
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When can GKZ setup encompass HMS?
Are there any instances when the Landau-Ginzburg superpotential describing the mirror of a smooth projective Fano variety $X_\Sigma$ is encompassed by a GKZ hypergeometric system? In some sense I am ...
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Proof of the existence of a mirror Calabi–Yau manifold
Let $X$ be a Calabi–Yau threefold. Here, Calabi–Yau is understood to a mean a smooth simply connected projective threefold with $h^1(\mathcal{O}_X) = h^2(\mathcal{O}_X)=0$ and holomorphically trivial ...
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Algebraic Fukaya categories and mirror symmetry
Dominic Joyce and collaborators have outlined a programme to construct algebraic Fukaya categories on an algebraic symplectic manifold (“Fukaya categories” of complex Lagrangians in complex symplectic ...
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