PIRSA:06060048

Geometric Flows and String Theory

APA

Vardarajan, S. (2006). Geometric Flows and String Theory. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/06060048

MLA

Vardarajan, Suneeta. Geometric Flows and String Theory. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jun. 13, 2006, https://pirsa.org/06060048

BibTex

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:06060048,
            doi = {10.48660/06060048},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/06060048},
            author = {Vardarajan, Suneeta},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {Geometric Flows and String Theory},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2006},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:06060048 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/06060048}}
          }
          
Talk numberPIRSA:06060048
Source RepositoryPIRSA

Abstract

Geometric flows, especially the Ricci flow, have been used with considerable success in recent years to address the Poincare and Thurston conjectures for 3-manifolds. In this talk, I will briefly introduce these geometric flows, and describe how they appear in a completely different context in the physics of string theory. I will then outline how recently developed techniques in geometric flows could be used to address questions of importance in string theory.