Shape of Inner Space by Shing-tung Yau; Steve Nadi

Shape of Inner Space by Shing-tung Yau; Steve Nadi

Author:Shing-tung Yau; Steve Nadi
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science
ISBN: 9780465023141
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2010-08-12T10:00:00+00:00


Homological mirror symmetry was first unveiled by Kontsevich in 1993 and has been developing ever since, sparking considerable activity in both physics and math. Mirror symmetry, as originally formulated, didn’t make much sense to mathematicians, as it concerned two different manifolds giving rise to the same physics. But as Soibelman explains, “in mathematics, there really is no concept of a physical theory associated with manifolds X and X′. So Kontsevich has tried to make that statement mathematically precise,” expressing it in a manner that is not tied to physics.40



Download



Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.