Strominger–Yau–Zaslow conjecture

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The Strominger–Yau–Zaslow conjecture is a proposal in mirror symmetry stating that mirror pairs of Calabi–Yau manifolds can be understood as dual special Lagrangian torus fibrations, providing a geometric explanation of mirror symmetry.

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instanceOf conjecture in mirror symmetry
mathematical conjecture
aimsToExplain exchange of complex and symplectic geometry under mirror symmetry
matching of Hodge numbers of mirror Calabi–Yau manifolds
alsoKnownAs SYZ conjecture
appliesTo Calabi–Yau manifolds
mirror pairs of Calabi–Yau manifolds
context compactification of type II string theory on Calabi–Yau manifolds
coreIdea mirror pairs of Calabi–Yau manifolds arise as dual special Lagrangian torus fibrations
dimensionStatement fibers are real n-dimensional tori for n-dimensional Calabi–Yau manifolds
explains geometric origin of mirror symmetry
field algebraic geometry
mathematical physics
mathematics
string theory
symplectic geometry
hasAspect semi-flat case without singular fibers
singular fibers over discriminant locus
hasConsequence geometric description of D-branes via special Lagrangian submanifolds
interpretation of mirror symmetry as T-duality along torus fibers
influenced development of tropical geometry in mirror symmetry
geometric approaches to mirror symmetry
study of Lagrangian torus fibrations
involves SYZ fibration
base of real dimension equal to complex dimension of Calabi–Yau
mirrorConstruction mirror obtained by fiberwise dualizing special Lagrangian tori
motivatedBy mirror symmetry in string theory
namedAfter Andrew Strominger
Eric Zaslow
Shing-Tung Yau
predicts existence of special Lagrangian torus fibrations on Calabi–Yau manifolds
proposedBy Andrew Strominger
Eric Zaslow
Shing-Tung Yau
publishedIn paper "Mirror Symmetry is T-Duality"
publishedInJournal Nuclear Physics B
relatedTo Gross–Siebert program
Gross–Wilson work on K3 surfaces
SYZ transforms between A-model and B-model data
relatesTo homological mirror symmetry conjecture
status open problem
subfield mirror symmetry
usesConcept Lagrangian fibrations
T-duality
dual torus fibrations
special Lagrangian submanifolds
torus fibrations
yearProposed 1996

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Calabi–Yau manifold centralConceptIn Strominger–Yau–Zaslow conjecture
Strominger–Yau–Zaslow conjecture alsoKnownAs SYZ conjecture
linked to: Strominger–Yau–Zaslow conjecture
Strominger–Yau–Zaslow conjecture involves SYZ fibration
linked to: Strominger–Yau–Zaslow conjecture