K3 Surfaces, Igusa Cusp Form and String Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-09-25 v7
Abstract
It has recently become apparent that the elliptic genera of K3 surfaces (and their symmetric products) are intimately related to the Igusa cusp form of weight ten. In this contribution, I survey this connection with an emphasis on string theoretic viewpoints.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9710016,
title = {K3 Surfaces, Igusa Cusp Form and String Theory},
author = {Toshiya Kawai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9710016},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
32 pages, AMS-LaTeX 1.2, some refs added, to appear in the proceedings of the Taniguchi symposium, ``Topological Field Theory, Primitive Forms and Related Topics'', Kyoto, December 9-13, 1996