IPMU Colloquium

Speaker: Yongbin Ruan (University of Michigan )
Title: Mirror symmetry and modular form
Date (JST): Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 15:30 - 17:00
Place: Lecture Hall
Related File: 706.pdf
Abstract: Traditionally, we use mirror symmetry to map a difficult problem (A-model) to an easier problem (B-model). Recently, there is a great deal of activities in mathematics to understand the modularity properties of Gromov-Witten theory, a phenomenon suggested by BCOV almost twenty years ago. Mirror symmetry is again used in a crucial way. However, the new usage of mirror does not map a difficult problem to easy problem. Instead, we make both side of mirror symmetry to work together in a deep way. I will explain this interesting phenomenon in the talk.
Seminar Video: [VIDEO]