18.969 | Spring 2009 | Graduate

Topics in Geometry: Mirror Symmetry

Course Description

This course will focus on various aspects of mirror symmetry. It is aimed at students who already have some basic knowledge in symplectic and complex geometry (18.966, or equivalent). The geometric concepts needed to formulate various mathematical versions of mirror symmetry will be introduced along the way, in …
This course will focus on various aspects of mirror symmetry. It is aimed at students who already have some basic knowledge in symplectic and complex geometry (18.966, or equivalent). The geometric concepts needed to formulate various mathematical versions of mirror symmetry will be introduced along the way, in variable levels of detail and rigor.
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Lecture Notes
Figure of blue, purple, and pink manifold.
Two-dimensional hypersurface of the quintic Calabi-Yau three-fold. (Image courtesy of Jbourjai on Wikimedia Commons.)