Rational Curves on Calabi-Yau Threefolds
alg-geom
2008-02-03 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
The point is to compare the mathematical meaning of the ``number of rational curves on a Calabi-Yau threefold'' to the meaning ascribed to the same notion by string theorists.
Cite
@article{arxiv.alg-geom/9202001,
title = {Rational Curves on Calabi-Yau Threefolds},
author = {Sheldon Katz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:alg-geom/9202001},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
10 pages, AMSLaTeX v1.0 or 1.1. This is a survey talk given at the May 1991 Workshop on Mirror Symmetry at MSRI