1994/03/17 by S. Hosono, A. Klemm, S. Theisen · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Geometry and complex manifolds #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/3-540-58453-6_13
LMU-TPW-94-02, 45 pages, harvmac
arxiv created 1994/03/17 · openalex publication_date 2008/04/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
We give an introduction to mirror symmetry of strings on Calabi-Yau manifolds with an emphasis on its applications e.g. for the computation of Yukawa couplings. We introduce all necessary concepts and tools such as the basics of toric geometry, resolution of singularities, construction of mirror pairs, Picard-Fuchs equations, etc. and illustrate all of this on a non-trivial example. Extended version of a lecture given at the Third Baltic Student Seminar, Helsinki September 1993