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Formalized proof, computation, and the construction problem in algebraic geometry
An informal discussion of how the construction problem in algebraic geometry
motivates the search for formal proof methods. Also includes a brief discussion
of my own progress up to now, which concerns the formalization of category
theory within a ZFC-like environment
All genus correlation functions for the hermitian 1-matrix model
We rewrite the loop equations of the hermitian matrix model, in a way which
allows to compute all the correlation functions, to all orders in the
topological expansion, as residues on an hyperelliptical curve. Those
residues, can be represented diagrammaticaly as Feynmann graphs of a cubic
interaction field theory on the curve.Comment: latex, 19 figure
Numerical Hermitian Yang-Mills Connections and Kahler Cone Substructure
We further develop the numerical algorithm for computing the gauge connection
of slope-stable holomorphic vector bundles on Calabi-Yau manifolds. In
particular, recent work on the generalized Donaldson algorithm is extended to
bundles with Kahler cone substructure on manifolds with h^{1,1}>1. Since the
computation depends only on a one-dimensional ray in the Kahler moduli space,
it can probe slope-stability regardless of the size of h^{1,1}. Suitably
normalized error measures are introduced to quantitatively compare results for
different directions in Kahler moduli space. A significantly improved numerical
integration procedure based on adaptive refinements is described and
implemented. Finally, an efficient numerical check is proposed for determining
whether or not a vector bundle is slope-stable without computing its full
connection.Comment: 38 pages, 10 figure
Curvature Matrix Models for Dynamical Triangulations and the Itzykson-DiFrancesco Formula
We study the large-N limit of a class of matrix models for dually weighted
triangulated random surfaces using character expansion techniques. We show that
for various choices of the weights of vertices of the dynamical triangulation
the model can be solved by resumming the Itzykson-Di Francesco formula over
congruence classes of Young tableau weights modulo three. From this we show
that the large-N limit implies a non-trivial correspondence with models of
random surfaces weighted with only even coordination number vertices. We
examine the critical behaviour and evaluation of observables and discuss their
interrelationships in all models. We obtain explicit solutions of the model for
simple choices of vertex weightings and use them to show how the matrix model
reproduces features of the random surface sum. We also discuss some general
properties of the large-N character expansion approach as well as potential
physical applications of our results.Comment: 37 pages LaTeX; Some clarifying comments added, last Section
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Fermionic Matrix Models
We review a class of matrix models whose degrees of freedom are matrices with
anticommuting elements. We discuss the properties of the adjoint fermion one-,
two- and gauge invariant D-dimensional matrix models at large-N and compare
them with their bosonic counterparts which are the more familiar Hermitian
matrix models. We derive and solve the complete sets of loop equations for the
correlators of these models and use these equations to examine critical
behaviour. The topological large-N expansions are also constructed and their
relation to other aspects of modern string theory such as integrable
hierarchies is discussed. We use these connections to discuss the applications
of these matrix models to string theory and induced gauge theories. We argue
that as such the fermionic matrix models may provide a novel generalization of
the discretized random surface representation of quantum gravity in which the
genus sum alternates and the sums over genera for correlators have better
convergence properties than their Hermitian counterparts. We discuss the use of
adjoint fermions instead of adjoint scalars to study induced gauge theories. We
also discuss two classes of dimensionally reduced models, a fermionic vector
model and a supersymmetric matrix model, and discuss their applications to the
branched polymer phase of string theories in target space dimensions D>1 and
also to the meander problem.Comment: 139 pages Latex (99 pages in landscape, two-column option); Section
on Supersymmetric Matrix Models expanded, additional references include
Non-homogenous disks in the chain of matrices
We investigate the generating functions of multi-colored discrete disks with
non-homogenous boundary conditions in the context of the Hermitian multi-matrix
model where the matrices are coupled in an open chain. We show that the study
of the spectral curve of the matrix model allows one to solve a set of loop
equations to get a recursive formula computing mixed trace correlation
functions to leading order in the large matrix limit.Comment: 25 pages, 4 figure
Critical Behaviour of a Fermionic Random Matrix Model at Large-N
We study the large- limit of adjoint fermion one-matrix models. We find
one-cut solutions of the loop equations for the correlators of these models and
show that they exhibit third order phase transitions associated with -th
order multi-critical points with string susceptibility exponents . We also find critical points which can be interpreted as points of
first order phase transitions, and we discuss the implications of this critical
behaviour for the topological expansion of these matrix models.Comment: 14 pages LaTeX; UBC/S-94/
Higher rank Wilson loops from a matrix model
We compute the circular Wilson loop of N=4 SYM theory at large N in the rank
k symmetric and antisymmetric tensor representations. Using a quadratic
Hermitian matrix model we obtain expressions for all values of the 't Hooft
coupling. At large and small couplings we give explicit formulae and reproduce
supergravity results from both D3 and D5 branes within a systematic framework.Comment: 1+18 pages. 1 figure. Typos correcte
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