Prolegomena to the Bestiary
History and Overview
2024-05-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
``Calabi-Yau Manifolds: a Bestiary for Physicists'' by Tristan Hubsch in 1992 was a classic that served to introduce algebraic geometry to physicists when the first string theory revolution of 1984 - 94 brought, inter alia, the subject of Calabi-Yau manifolds to the staple of high-energy theorists. We are fortunate that a substantially expanded and updated new edition of the Bestiary will shortly appear. This brief note will serve as an afterword to the much anticipated volume.
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@article{arxiv.2405.05720,
title = {Prolegomena to the Bestiary},
author = {Yang-Hui He},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.05720},
year = {2024}
}
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10 pages