English Explanatory Dictionary

Calabi-Yau manifold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of manifold having properties, such as Ricci flatness, that yield applications in theoretical physics.

Word forms

Calabi-Yau manifold Calabi-Yau manifolds

Etymology

The name was coined by Candelas et al. (1985), after Eugenio Calabi (1954, 1957) who first conjectured that such surfaces might exist, and Shing-Tung Yau (1978), who proved the Calabi conjecture.

Synonyms

Calabi-Yau space
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