Mirror Symmetry I

by Shing-Tung Yau

This volume is an updated edition of Essays on Mirror Manifolds, the first book of papers published after the phenomenon of mirror symmetry was discovered. The two major groups who made the discovery reported their papers here. Greene, Plesser and Candelas gave details on their findings; Witten gave his interpretation which was vital for future development; Vafa introduced the concept of quantum cohomology and several mathematicians, including Katz,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821806653
• ISBN13: 9780821806654
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: American Mathematical Society(RI)
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 10.3"