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Calabi-Yau manifold

Calabi-Yau manifold noun: a kind of manifold having properties, such as Ricci flatness, that yield applications in theoretical physics.

Noun

Calabi-Yau manifold (plural Calabi-Yau manifolds)

  1. A kind of manifold having properties, such as Ricci flatness, that yield applications in theoretical physics.

Synonyms of Calabi-Yau manifold

Forms of Calabi-Yau manifold

pluralCalabi-Yau manifolds

Origin of Calabi-Yau manifold

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.

Questions about Calabi-Yau manifold

What does Calabi-Yau manifold mean?
Calabi-Yau manifold means a kind of manifold having properties, such as Ricci flatness, that yield applications in theoretical physics.
What part of speech is Calabi-Yau manifold?
Calabi-Yau manifold is a noun.
What is the plural of Calabi-Yau manifold?
The plural of Calabi-Yau manifold is Calabi-Yau manifolds.

Words near Calabi-Yau manifold in the dictionary

  1. calabaza
  2. calabazas
  3. calabazilla
  4. calabazillas
  5. Calabcab
  6. Calabi-Yau manifold
  7. Calabi-Yau space
  8. Calabnigan
  9. calaboose
  10. calabooses
  11. calabozo

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