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Reflexive Polytopes and Lattice-Polarized K3 Surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2017-02-21 v1

Abstract

In this expository note, we review the standard formulation of mirror symmetry for Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces in toric varieties, and compare this construction to a description of mirror symmetry for K3 surfaces which relies on a sublattice of the Picard lattice. We then show how to combine information about the Picard group of a toric ambient space with data about automorphisms of the toric variety to identify families of K3 surfaces with high Picard rank.

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@article{arxiv.1702.05522,
  title  = {Reflexive Polytopes and Lattice-Polarized K3 Surfaces},
  author = {Ursula Whitcher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.05522},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Calabi-Yau Varieties: Arithmetic, Geometry and Physics, Fields Institute Monographs, 2015

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