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