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Gromov-Witten invariants of a point and the KdV equation: An Introduction to Witten's Conjecture

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Speaker: 
Di Yang
Affiliation: 
MPI
Date: 
Tue, 08/11/2016 - 12:00 - 13:30
Location: 
MPIM Lecture Hall [2]
Parent event: 
IMPRS Minicourse [3]

In this learning seminar, we review Witten's conjecture on the relationship between the
Gromov--Witten invariants of a point and the KdV equation. Following Witten, we also
review the proof of the string equation.

Source URL: http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/6954

Links:
[1] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/taxonomy/term/39
[2] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/3444
[3] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/2761