Author : Ron Donagi
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 21,18 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0821840924
Let $X$ be a smooth elliptic fibration over a smooth base $B$. Under mild assumptions, the authors establish a Fourier-Mukai equivalence between the derived categories of two objects, each of which is an $\mathcal{O} DEGREES{\times}$ gerbe over a genus one fibration which is a twisted form
Author : Ron Donagi
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,9 MB
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Calabi-Yau manifolds
ISBN : 9781470405076
Let $X$ be a smooth elliptic fibration over a smooth base $B$. Under mild assumptions, the authors establish a Fourier-Mukai equivalence between the derived categories of two objects, each of which is an $\mathcal{O} DEGREES{\times}$ gerbe over a genus one fibration which is a twisted form
Author : Ron Donagi, Michael R. Douglas
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,27 MB
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1470410516
This volume contains the proceedings of the conference `String-Math 2013' which was held June 17-21, 2013 at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University. This was the third in a series of annual meetings devoted to the interface of mathematics and string theory. Topics include the latest developments in supersymmetric and topological field theory, localization techniques, the mathematics of quantum field theory, superstring compactification and duality, scattering amplitudes and their relation to Hodge theory, mirror symmetry and two-dimensional conformal field theory, and many more. This book will be important reading for researchers and students in the area, and for all mathematicians and string theorists who want to update themselves on developments in the math-string interface.
Author : Guillermo Cortiñas
Publisher : European Mathematical Society
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,80 MB
Release : 2008
Category : K-theory
ISBN : 9783037190609
Since its inception 50 years ago, K-theory has been a tool for understanding a wide-ranging family of mathematical structures and their invariants: topological spaces, rings, algebraic varieties and operator algebras are the dominant examples. The invariants range from characteristic classes in cohomology, determinants of matrices, Chow groups of varieties, as well as traces and indices of elliptic operators. Thus K-theory is notable for its connections with other branches of mathematics. Noncommutative geometry develops tools which allow one to think of noncommutative algebras in the same footing as commutative ones: as algebras of functions on (noncommutative) spaces. The algebras in question come from problems in various areas of mathematics and mathematical physics; typical examples include algebras of pseudodifferential operators, group algebras, and other algebras arising from quantum field theory. To study noncommutative geometric problems one considers invariants of the relevant noncommutative algebras. These invariants include algebraic and topological K-theory, and also cyclic homology, discovered independently by Alain Connes and Boris Tsygan, which can be regarded both as a noncommutative version of de Rham cohomology and as an additive version of K-theory. There are primary and secondary Chern characters which pass from K-theory to cyclic homology. These characters are relevant both to noncommutative and commutative problems and have applications ranging from index theorems to the detection of singularities of commutative algebraic varieties. The contributions to this volume represent this range of connections between K-theory, noncommmutative geometry, and other branches of mathematics.
Author : Oscar Garcia-Prada
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0191567574
Few people have proved more influential in the field of differential and algebraic geometry, and in showing how this links with mathematical physics, than Nigel Hitchin. Oxford University's Savilian Professor of Geometry has made fundamental contributions in areas as diverse as: spin geometry, instanton and monopole equations, twistor theory, symplectic geometry of moduli spaces, integrables systems, Higgs bundles, Einstein metrics, hyperkähler geometry, Frobenius manifolds, Painlevé equations, special Lagrangian geometry and mirror symmetry, theory of grebes, and many more. He was previously Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, as well as Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, is a Fellow of the Royal Society and has been the President of the London Mathematical Society. The chapters in this fascinating volume, written by some of the greats in their fields (including four Fields Medalists), show how Hitchin's ideas have impacted on a wide variety of subjects. The book grew out of the Geometry Conference in Honour of Nigel Hitchin, held in Madrid, with some additional contributions, and should be required reading for anyone seeking insights into the overlap between geometry and physics.
Author : Marcos Marino
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 32,3 MB
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3540798145
Starting in the middle of the 80s, there has been a growing and fruitful interaction between algebraic geometry and certain areas of theoretical high-energy physics, especially the various versions of string theory. Physical heuristics have provided inspiration for new mathematical definitions (such as that of Gromov-Witten invariants) leading in turn to the solution of problems in enumerative geometry. Conversely, the availability of mathematically rigorous definitions and theorems has benefited the physics research by providing the required evidence in fields where experimental testing seems problematic. The aim of this volume, a result of the CIME Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, in 2005, is to cover part of the most recent and interesting findings in this subject.
Author : Alan Adolphson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1150 pages
File Size : 49,19 MB
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3110198134
This two-volume book collects the lectures given during the three months cycle of lectures held in Northern Italy between May and July of 2001 to commemorate Professor Bernard Dwork (1923 - 1998). It presents a wide-ranging overview of some of the most active areas of contemporary research in arithmetic algebraic geometry, with special emphasis on the geometric applications of the p-adic analytic techniques originating in Dwork's work, their connection to various recent cohomology theories and to modular forms. The two volumes contain both important new research and illuminating survey articles written by leading experts in the field. The book will provide an indispensable resource for all those wishing to approach the frontiers of research in arithmetic algebraic geometry.
Author : Jonathan Block
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 15,10 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0821872958
The nature of interactions between mathematicians and physicists has been thoroughly transformed in recent years. String theory and quantum field theory have contributed a series of profound ideas that gave rise to entirely new mathematical fields and revitalized older ones. The influence flows in both directions, with mathematical techniques and ideas contributing crucially to major advances in string theory. A large and rapidly growing number of both mathematicians and physicists are working at the string-theoretic interface between the two academic fields. The String-Math conference series aims to bring together leading mathematicians and mathematically minded physicists working in this interface. This volume contains the proceedings of the inaugural conference in this series, String-Math 2011, which was held June 6-11, 2011, at the University of Pennsylvania.
Author : CLAUDIO BARTOCCI
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 2009-06-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0817646639
Integral transforms, such as the Laplace and Fourier transforms, have been major tools in mathematics for at least two centuries. In the last three decades the development of a number of novel ideas in algebraic geometry, category theory, gauge theory, and string theory has been closely related to generalizations of integral transforms of a more geometric character. "Fourier–Mukai and Nahm Transforms in Geometry and Mathematical Physics" examines the algebro-geometric approach (Fourier–Mukai functors) as well as the differential-geometric constructions (Nahm). Also included is a considerable amount of material from existing literature which has not been systematically organized into a monograph. Key features: Basic constructions and definitions are presented in preliminary background chapters - Presentation explores applications and suggests several open questions - Extensive bibliography and index. This self-contained monograph provides an introduction to current research in geometry and mathematical physics and is intended for graduate students and researchers just entering this field.
Author : Dan Abramovich
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 49,65 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0821847023
This volume contains research and expository papers by some of the speakers at the 2005 AMS Summer Institute on Algebraic Geometry. Numerous papers delve into the geometry of various moduli spaces, including those of stable curves, stable maps, coherent sheaves, and abelian varieties.
