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Don Zagier

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arXiv2007

Some Properties of Hypergeometric Series Associated with Mirror Symmetry

We show that certain hypergeometric series used to formulate mirror symmetry for Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces, in string theory and algebraic geometry, satisfy a number of interesting properties. Many of these properties are used in separate papers to verify the BCOV prediction for the genus one Gromov-Witten invariants of a quintic threefold and more generally to compute the genus one Gromov-Witten invariants of any Calabi-Yau projective hypersurface.

math.CO↗

arXiv2005

Numerical verification of Beilinson's conjecture for K2 of hyperelliptic curves

We construct families of hyperelliptic curves over Q of arbitrary genus g with (at least) g integral elements in K_2. We also verify the Beilinson conjectures about K_2 numerically for several curves with g=2, 3, 4 and 5. The paper is essentially self-contained and may serve as an elementary introduction to Beilinson's conjectures for K_2 of curves.

math.AG↗

arXiv2003

Crossing Probabilities and Modular Forms

We examine crossing probabilities and free energies for conformally invariant critical 2-D systems in rectangular geometries, derived via conformal field theory and Stochastic Löwner Evolution methods. These quantities are shown to exhibit interesting modular behavior, although the physical meaning of modular transformations in this context is not clear. We show that in many cases these functions are completely characterized by very simple transformation properties. In particular, Cardy's function for the percolation crossing probability (including the conformal dimension 1/3), follows from a simple modular argument. A new type of "higher-order modular form" arises and its properties are discussed briefly.

math-ph↗

arXiv1996

Jacobi forms and the structure of Donaldson invariants for 4-manifolds with b_+=1

We prove structure theorems for the Donaldson invariants of 4-manifolds with b_+=1, similar to those of Kronheimer and Mrowka in the case b_+>1: We show that for a 4-manifold with b_+=1 and two different period points F, G on the boundary of the positive cone, the difference of the Donaldson invariants at F and G satisfies the k^{th}-order simple type condition for a number k, explicitely given in terms of F and G. We give a formula for this difference in terms of a set of basic classes, expressed in a universal formula involving modular forms. The leading terms coincide with the formulas of Kronheimer and Mrowka in the simple type case. The basic classes are related to the Seiberg Witten invariants. The proof of these results is based on the conjecture of Kotschick and Morgan on the structure of the wall-crossing terms. We relate the problem to new theta functions for indefinite lattices.

alg-geom↗