Mirror symmetry and other miracles in superstring theory

DOI10.1007/S10701-010-9504-5zbMath1261.81095arXiv1004.4491OpenAlexW2127167140MaRDI QIDQ1937217

Dean Rickles

Publication date: 28 February 2013

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4491

zbMATH Keywords

mirror symmetrystring theoryno miracles argument

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Mirror symmetry (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J33)

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