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Perhaps the most famous example of how ideas from modern physics have revolutionized mathematics is the way string theory has led to an overhaul of enumerative geometry, an area of mathematics that started in the eighteen hundreds. The book begins with an insightful introduction to enumerative geometry.

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Warming up to enumerative geometry Enumerative geometry in the projective plane Stable maps and enumerative geometry Crash course in topology and manifolds Crash course in $C^\infty$ manifolds and cohomology Cellular decompositions and line bundles Enumerative geometry of lines Excess intersection Rational curves on the quintic threefold Mechanics Introduction to supersymmetry Introduction to string theory Topological quantum field theory Quantum cohomology and enumerative geometry Bibliography Index.

Enumerative Geometry and String Theory

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      Publisher American Mathematical Society
      Published 4/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780821836873
      978-0821836873
      ISBN-10 0821836870

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Perhaps the most famous example of how ideas from modern physics have revolutionized mathematics is the way string theory has led to an overhaul of enumerative geometry, an area of mathematics that started in the eighteen hundreds. The book begins with an insightful introduction to enumerative geometry.

      Table of Contents
      Warming up to enumerative geometry Enumerative geometry in the projective plane Stable maps and enumerative geometry Crash course in topology and manifolds Crash course in $C^\infty$ manifolds and cohomology Cellular decompositions and line bundles Enumerative geometry of lines Excess intersection Rational curves on the quintic threefold Mechanics Introduction to supersymmetry Introduction to string theory Topological quantum field theory Quantum cohomology and enumerative geometry Bibliography Index.

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