Calabi–Yau manifolds

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
Kähler manifold
Ricci-flat manifold
gptkbp:dimensions arbitrary (commonly 3)
gptkbp:example gptkb:butter
gptkb:K3_surface
gptkb:quintic_threefold
gptkbp:field gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:theoretical_physics
differential geometry
complex geometry
gptkbp:firstDefined 1970s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Calabi–Yau manifolds
gptkbp:importantFor gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:mirror_symmetry
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Eugenio_Calabi
gptkb:Shing-Tung_Yau
gptkbp:property vanishing first Chern class
admit a Ricci-flat Kähler metric
admit covariantly constant spinors
admit nowhere vanishing holomorphic n-form
holonomy group is a subgroup of SU(n)
simply connected (in many cases)
gptkbp:provenBy gptkb:Shing-Tung_Yau
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:F-theory
gptkb:D-branes
gptkb:M-theory
gptkb:topological_string_theory
gptkb:Batyrev's_construction
gptkb:Calabi_conjecture
gptkb:Donaldson–Thomas_invariants
gptkb:Gromov–Witten_invariants
gptkb:Strominger–Yau–Zaslow_conjecture
gptkb:topological_field_theory
moduli space
toric geometry
string compactification
string landscape
Hodge numbers
holonomy group SU(n)
monodromy
mirror pairs
vacuum solutions in string theory
gptkbp:usedIn compactification in string theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5