We  introduce Huang-Klemm-Quackenbush's physics approach to the higher genus Gromov-Witten invariants, and  the motivation to consider conifold theory for the quintic threefold. In physics, the conifold theory was originally introduced as the theory for a singular Landau-Ginzburg potential by Ghoshal and Vafa. We will give  known mathematical example which has the gap phenomenon. In the end, we will explain that in the quintic case, the [0,1]-theory introduced in Lecture 1 contains the information which Huang-Klemm-Quackenbush have used and clarify its relation to the conifold gap conjecture.

10 Nov 2022
8:15am - 9:45am
Where
https://hkust.zoom.us/j/9584764665 (Passcode: BCOV)
Speakers/Performers
Prof. Shuai GUO
Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research
Organizer(S)
Department of Mathematics
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Audience
Alumni, Faculty and staff, PG students, UG students
Language(s)
English
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