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Vol. 1, Issue 1

Symplectic Geometry and Mirror Symmetry

Kenji Fukaya (Stony Brook University)

Mirror symmetry is a duality between pairs of Calabi-Yau manifolds that exchanges symplectic and complex geometry. On the symplectic side, the Fukaya category F(X)\mathcal{F}(X) — whose objects are Lagrangian submanifolds and whose morphisms are Floer cochain complexes — captures the enumerative geometry of pseudo-holomorphic discs. Kontsevich's homological mirror symmetry conjecture asserts an equivalence DbF(X)DbCoh(Xˇ)D^b\mathcal{F}(X) \simeq D^b\text{Coh}(\check{X}) between the derived Fukaya category and the derived category of coherent sheaves on the mirror. We survey recent progress and open problems.

Date Filmed: June 22, 2025

Location Filmed: Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

MSC Codes: 53D37, 14J33

Funding information: Simons travel grant; NSF grant no. 1947938

A colloquium-level introduction to how symplectic geometry connects to mirror symmetry via Fukaya categories.

Cite this talk

Kenji Fukaya. "Symplectic Geometry and Mirror Symmetry". In: Mathematical Discourse 1.1 (2025). URL: https://mathematical-discourse-sable.vercel.app/issue/vol-1-issue-1/symplectic-geometry-mirror-symmetry.