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AG Seminar

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Christopher Dodd
Location
AH 145
Date
Sep 17, 2024   3:00 - 3:55 pm  
Speaker
Sheldon Katz
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Originating Calendar
Algebraic Geometry Calendar

Title: Enumerative invariants of noncommutative Calabi-Yau threefolds

Abstract: In this talk, I consider a class of nodal Calabi-Yau threefolds X which do not admit Kahler small resolutions.   Nevertheless, topological string amplitudes can be associated to analytic small resolutions of X with topologically nontrivial B-fields.  These amplitudes can be computed by B-model techniques, leading to integer-valued enumerative invariants.  These X also admit noncommutative resolutions.   A theory of Gopakumar-Vafa invariants of a larger class of noncommutative Calabi-Yau threefolds is introduced, which are conjectured to agree with the enumerative invariants computed by the B-model techniques.  This talk is based on arXiv:2212.08655, arXiv:2307.00047, and work in progress.

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