Word.ws English Dictionary

Donaldson-Thomas invariant

Donaldson-Thomas invariant noun: given a compact moduli space of sheaves on a Calabi-Yau threefold, its Donaldson-Thomas invariant is the virtual number of its points, i.e., the integral of the cohomology class 1 against the virtual fundamental class.

Noun

Donaldson-Thomas invariant (plural Donaldson-Thomas invariants)

  1. Given a compact moduli space of sheaves on a Calabi-Yau threefold, its Donaldson-Thomas invariant is the virtual number of its points, i.e., the integral of the cohomology class 1 against the virtual fundamental class.

Forms of Donaldson-Thomas invariant

pluralDonaldson-Thomas invariants

Origin of Donaldson-Thomas invariant

Introduced in 1998 by Simon Donaldson and Richard Thomas.

Questions about Donaldson-Thomas invariant

What does Donaldson-Thomas invariant mean?
Donaldson-Thomas invariant means given a compact moduli space of sheaves on a Calabi-Yau threefold, its Donaldson-Thomas invariant is the virtual number of its points, i.e., the integral of the cohomology class 1 against the virtual fundamental class.
What part of speech is Donaldson-Thomas invariant?
Donaldson-Thomas invariant is a noun.
What is the plural of Donaldson-Thomas invariant?
The plural of Donaldson-Thomas invariant is Donaldson-Thomas invariants.

Words near Donaldson-Thomas invariant in the dictionary

  1. Donald Trumps
  2. Donalda
  3. Donaldism
  4. Donalds
  5. Donaldson
  6. Donaldson-Thomas invariant
  7. Donaldson-Thomas invariants
  8. Donaldson-Thomas theory
  9. Donaldsonville
  10. Donalson
  11. Donalsons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Donaldson-Thomas invariant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Donaldson-Thomas invariant.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/donaldson-thomas_invariant. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.