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Some Classical/Quantum Aspects of Calabi-Yau Moduli

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We review some classical and quantum geometry of Calabi-Yau moduli related to B-model aspects of closed string mirror symmetry. This note comes out of the author’s lectures in the workshop “B-model aspects of Gromov-Witten theory” held at University of Michigan in 2013.

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The authors would like to thank the organizers and participants of the workshop on B-model aspects of Gromov-Witten theory, and the hospitality of the mathematics department at University of Michigan.

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Li, S. (2018). Some Classical/Quantum Aspects of Calabi-Yau Moduli. In: Clader, E., Ruan, Y. (eds) B-Model Gromov-Witten Theory. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94220-9_4

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