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Displaying all lectures given by: Shing-Tung Yau


The Shape of Inner Space
Speaker(s): Shing-Tung Yau
Abstract: Mathematics and physics can come together to the benefit of both fields, particularly in the case of Calabi-Yau spaces and string theory---our leading attempt to explain the universe to date. The audience will gain a sense of how mathematicians think and approach the world and realize that mathemati... read more
Date: 18/01/2011 - 7:00 pm

Heterotic string and complex Monge-Ampere equation
Speaker(s): Shing-Tung Yau
Abstract: I will talk about the work that I did with Jixiang Fu and Jun Li on the Strominger system and their role in string theory.
Date: 08/05/2010 - 10:00 am
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