Quantum Cohomology of a Pfaffian Calabi-Yau Variety: Verifying Mirror Symmetry Predictions

Compositio Mathematica

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-89

  Tjøtta, Erik N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calabi Yau; Mirror symmetry; Pfaffian; Quantum cohomology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042329633     PISSN: 0010437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017585802461     Document Type: Article

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