BOOK: - Calabi-Yau Manifolds
--- A Bestiary for Physicists
- (World
Scientific, Singapore, 1992; hardcover) [ A
] [ B
]
- + 2nd, corrected and expanded edition
- (World Scientific, Singapore, 1994; paperback)
[ A
] [ WSci
] [ errata
]
- for
reviews, see: Physics Today, 6/93, p.93-94 (by
E.Witten),
and Zentralblatt für Mathematik 773
(1993)#53002 (by J.D.Zund).
Cover photograph by Donna D'Fini.
An
unsolicited opinion
: “If you have ever wanted an explicit answer to the
question,
‘What, exactly, is a Calabi-Yau manifold?’, this is
the
book you are looking for. Clear, far-ranging and full of brilliant
insight, it is also a stylisitic masterpiece, which is rare among math
and physics books.” (rick1138, 11-04-2003, 11:39 PM)
- ERRATA (2nd,
paperback edition from 1994):
- “p.n” = page n,
“P.n” = paragraph n,
“l.n” = line n,
n > 0 is counted downward , n
< 0 upward; “S.n” =
section n.
If you notice any kind of error in the Bestiary, please, let me know!
- p. 15, l.–2, (end of S.0.4):
“understood n” →
“understood modulo n”.
- p. 32, Eq. (1.2.15): the right-hand side should have an
overall minus.
- p. 37, Eq. (1.3.19): the middle term should be “= c(∑i Li) = ∏i c(Li) =”. [Philippe Spindel, thanks!]
- p. 39, Eq. (1.3.27): there should be no “1/n!” normalization of the integral. [Philippe Spindel, thanks!]
- p. 44, Eqs. (1.6.1) and (1.6.1): “onto”
→
“into”. [Nick
Warner, thanks!]
- p. 50, Eq. (2.1.16): “r +1”→
“r =1” in the lower limit of the 1st summation. [Philippe Spindel, thanks!]
- p. 94, P.2, l.4: “consists some
negative”
→ “consists of some negative”.
- p. 97, last line of S.3.3.2:
“= (1,1|2,2,2,2)”
→ “= (1,1|2,2,2)”.
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