Mirror transitions and the Batyrev-Borisov construction

DOI10.1007/s13366-015-0242-xzbMath1343.14037arXiv1212.5904OpenAlexW2019647636MaRDI QIDQ747586

Karl Fredrickson

Publication date: 16 October 2015

Published in: Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.5904

zbMATH Keywords

toric varietiesCalabi-Yau manifoldsBatyrev-Borisov mirror symmetryconifold transitions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies (14M25) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) 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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Uses Software

• Macaulay2
• Polyhedra

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