Back to Departmental Colloquium: Fall 2005
Departmental Colloquium
Date: Thursday, Oct 27, 2005
Time: 4:15PM
Location: JWB 335
Eric Sharpe
Univ. of Utah
Title |
String theory: math from physics |
Abstract |
String theory is a proposed theory of physics, which has turned out to have numerous interactions with mathematics. In this talk I will review some examples of mathematics motivated by this bit of physics, which are studied by several department members. I will begin by reviewing mirror symmetry,'' whose understanding brought about an industry in the algebraic geometry community, and then describe some of its modern-day spinoffs, including (0,2) mirror symmetry’’ and ``homological mirror symmetry.'' |
Algebraic Geometry
Commutative Algebra
Geometry and Topology