B-Model Gromov-Witten Theory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book collects various perspectives, contributed by both mathematicians and physicists, on the B-model and its role in mirror symmetry. Mirror symmetry is an active topic of research in both the mathematics and physics communities, but among mathematicians, the "A-model" half of the story remains much better-understood than the B-model. This book aims to address that imbalance. It begins with an overview of several methods by which mirrors have been constructed, and from there, gives a thorough account of the "BCOV" B-model theory from a physical perspective; this includes the appearance of such phenomena as the holomorphic anomaly equation and connections to number theory via modularity. Following a mathematical exposition of the subject of quantization, the remainder of the book is devoted to the B-model from a mathematician's point-of-view, including such topics as polyvector fields and primitive forms, Givental's ancestor potential, and integrable systems.

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Verlag AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Trends in Mathematics
Release date:	April 2019
First published:	2018
Editors:	Emily Clader • Yongbin Ruan
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	625
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-94219-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > Algebraic geometry Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General
LSN:	3-319-94219-0
Barcode:	9783319942193

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