Calabi-Yau manifolds and mirror symmetry


October 20 - October 27


Institut Henri Poincare


Philip Candelas (Oxford)


There exist two IHP Lecture notes

33 Lectures on complex manifolds Notes taken by Xenia de la Ossa

46 Toric geometry with applications to string dualities Notes taken by Sonia Stanciu


Part 1 CALABI-YAU MANIFOLDS


Part 2 EXAMPLES OF CALABI-YAU MANIFOLDS - A FIRST LOOK AT TORIC GEOMETRY


Part 3 THE PARAMETER SPACES OF CALABI-YAU MANIFOLDS - SPECIAL GEOMETRY


Part 4 PERIODS AND MIRROR SYMMETRY