Basics of algebraic geometry for string theorists

October 9 - November 6

Institut Henri Poincare

David Morrison (Math, Duke/IHP)

COMING SOON

In the meantime copies of manuscript notes taken by Sonia Stanciu exist as IHP Lecture notes 47 and there are some more references at the end

Lecture 1 PROJECTIVE SPACE, COMPLEX MANIFOLDS, KÄHLER MANIFOLDS

Lecture 2 EMBEDDINGS INTO PROJECTIVE SPACE, LINE BUNDLES, COMPLEX TORI

Lecture 3 HARMONIC THEORY ON KÄHLER MANIFOLDS, RESTRICTED HOLONOMY

Lecture 4 K3 SURFACES, HYPER-KÄHLER MANIFOLDS

Lecture 5 ALGEBRAIC VARIETIES, THE ALGEBRAIC STUDY OF CALABI-YAU MANIFOLDS

Lecture 6 ELLIPTIC FIBRATIONS

Lecture 7 TORIC GEOMETRY

Lecture 8 HYPERSURFACES IN TORIC VARIETIES

References

hep-th/9412236

hep-th/9608039

hep-th/9309097

B. Greene 96 Tasi lectures hep-th/9702155