Title: The Gromov-Witten/Donaldson-Thomas correspondence for toric three folds

Time: Friday October 14, 2011, 15:15-17:15 pm

Speaker: Feng Wang (Peking University)

Venue: Room 09 at Quan-Zhai ( 全斋), New location for BICMR, Peking University

Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss the results of the following authors:D. Maulik, N. Nekrasov, A. Okounkov, and R. Pandharipande. The main theorem is an exact correspondence between Gromov-Witten theory and Donaldson-Thomas theory for toric threefolds. We will give the backgrouds and related discussings of the theorem besides its proof.