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We study various examples of Calabi-Yau threefolds over finite fields. In particular, we provide a counterexample to a conjecture of K. Joshi on lifting Calabi-Yau threefolds to characteristic zero. We also compute the p-adic cohomologies…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-23 Yeuk Hay Joshua Lam

We study the mixed Hodge theoretic aspects of the B-model side of local mirror symmetry. Our main objectives are to define an analogue of the Yukawa coupling in terms of the variations of the mixed Hodge structures and to study its…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2009-10-09 Yukiko Konishi , Satoshi Minabe

We define a formal Gromov-Witten theory of the quintic 3-fold via localization on CP4. Our main result is a direct geometric proof of holomorphic anomaly equations for the formal quintic in precisely the same form as predicted by B-model…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-21 Hyenho Lho , Rahul Pandharipande

The aim of this note is to investigate characterizations and deformations of elliptic Calabi--Yau manifolds, building on earlier works of Wilson and Oguiso. Version 2: References updated and small changes. Version 3: Smoothness conditions…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-11-15 János Kollár

These are significantly expanded lecture notes for the author's minicourse at MSRI in June 2012, as published in the MSRI lecture note series, with some minor additional corrections. In these notes, we give an example-motivated review of…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2019-11-14 Travis Schedler

We discuss a link between the topological recursion relations derived algebraically by Witten and the holomorphic anomaly equation of Bershadsky, Cecotti, Ooguri and Vafa. This is obtained through the definition of an operator ${\cal{W}}_s$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Andrea Prudenziati

We shall reproof formulas for the Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds of Borcea-Voisin type constructed by A. Cattaneo and A. Garbagnati, using the orbifold cohomology formula and the orbifold Euler characteristic.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-02-17 Dominik Burek

We formulate the BCOV theory of deformations of complex structures as a pull-back to the super moduli space of the worldline of a spinning particle. In this approach the appearance of a non-local kinetic term in the target space action has…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-05 Eugenia Boffo , Ondřej Hulík , Ivo Sachs

We construct BCOV invariant for Calabi-Yau pairs. The construction covers the classical BCOV invariant and certain equivariant BCOV invariant. The BCOV invariant obtained is expected to be well-behaved under birational equivalence.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-08-04 Yeping Zhang

Cohen and Glashow introduced the notion of very special relativity as viable space-time symmetry of elementary particle physics. As a natural generalization of their idea, we study the subgroup of the conformal group, dubbed very special…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-14 Yu Nakayama

We complete the holomorphic anomaly equations for topological strings with their dependence on open moduli. We obtain the complete system by standard path integral arguments generalizing the analysis of BCOV (Commun. Math. Phys. 165 (1994)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-06-11 Giulio Bonelli , Alessandro Tanzini

This is a survey article on Hall algebras and their applications to the study of motivic invariants of moduli spaces of coherent sheaves on Calabi-Yau threefolds. It is a write-up of my talks at the 2015 Salt Lake City AMS Summer Research…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Tom Bridgeland

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the cohomology of various algebras over an operad of moduli spaces including the cohomology of conformal field theories (CFT's) and vertex operator algebras (VOA's). This cohomology theory produces…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Takashi Kimura , Alexander A. Voronov

We study Gromov-Witten invariants of a rational elliptic surface using holomorphic anomaly equation in [HST1](hep-th/9901151). Formulating invariance under the affine $E_8$ Weyl group symmetry, we determine conjectured invariants, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Shinobu Hosono

We introduce the notion of modular forms, focusing primarily on the group PSL2Z. We further introduce quasi-modular forms, as wel as discuss their relation to physics and their applications in a variety of enumerative problems. These notes…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-07 Simon Rose

Baseilhac-Benedetti, following ideas of Kashaev, introduced invariants of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms of punctured hyperbolic surfaces that depend on a complex root of unity of odd order. Around the same time, Bonahon-Liu introduced…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Stavros Garoufalidis , Tao Yu

These are introductory lecture notes on complex geometry, Calabi-Yau manifolds and toric geometry. We first define basic concepts of complex and Kahler geometry. We then proceed with an analysis of various definitions of Calabi-Yau…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Vincent Bouchard

We prove holomorphic anomaly equations for $\mathbb{C}^5/\mathbb{Z}_5$.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Deniz Genlik , Hsian-Hua Tseng

We investigate the structures of Calabi-Yau differential equations and the relations to the arithmetic of the pencils of Calabi-Yau varieties behind the equations. This provides explanations of some observations and computations in a recent…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2008-10-23 Jeng-Daw Yu

Gromov-Witten, Gopakumar-Vafa, and Donaldson-Thomas invariants of Calabi-Yau threefolds are compared. In certain situations, the Donaldson-Thomas invariants are very easy to handle, sometimes easier than the other invariants. This point is…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sheldon Katz