Meanings
plural Calabi-Yau manifolds
- algebraic geometryA kind of manifold having properties, such as Ricci flatness, that yield applications in theoretical physics.
Synonyms: Calabi-Yau space
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of manifold having properties, such as Ricci flatness, that yield applications in theoretical physics.
Origin
The name was coined by Candelas et al. (1985), named after Italian-born American mathematician Eugenio Calabi (1954, 1957) who first conjectured that such surfaces might exist, and Chinese American mathematician and educator Shing-Tung Yau (1978), who proved the Calabi conjecture.
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