Seminars

The geometry of F-theory: elliptic fibrations over higher dimensional bases

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Mboyo Esole

2012-02-08
13:30:00 - 15:00:00

308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

I will discuss new aspects of elliptic fibrations inspired by string theory. In particular, I will introduce the notion of Sen's weak coupling limit for an elliptic fibration and how it leads to surprising identities relating different invariants of varieties involved in the limit.