Science at the Edge Seminar
February 17, 2017 – Friday
11:30 a.m. room 1400 Biomedical Physical Sciences Bldg.
Mirror, mirror: String Theory and Pairs of Polyhedra
Speaker: Ursula Whitcher, Associate Editor at Mathematical Reviews
(http://www-personal.umich.edu/~uaw/<http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Euaw/>)
General abstract:
String theory predicts that the universe should have six extra
dimensions. But what is the shape of these extra dimensions? It turns
out that more than one shape may produce the same physical consequences.
This observation astonished mathematicians and led to the field of math
and physics research known as "mirror symmetry". We'll describe how to
use special polygons and polyhedra to write equations for the extra
dimensions and their "mirror" counterparts.
Kendall Mahn Host
Michigan State University
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
Shawna Prater-CHRS
Secretary for Astrophysics/CMP Theory
POC for Physics SATE seminars/COLLOQUIUM
3261BPS, 567 Wilson Road
East Lansing, MI 48824-6405
fax 517.432.8802
