Identifying equivalent Calabi--Yau topologies: A discrete challenge from math and physics for machine learning
arXiv:2202.07590v18 citations
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This addresses a specific problem in mathematical physics for researchers studying Calabi-Yau manifolds, but it appears incremental as it applies existing machine learning to a known challenge.
The paper tackles the problem of identifying equivalent Calabi-Yau threefold topologies, a discrete challenge from math and physics, by using machine learning methods to test when two threefolds are equivalent based on topological data.
We review briefly the characteristic topological data of Calabi--Yau threefolds and focus on the question of when two threefolds are equivalent through related topological data. This provides an interesting test case for machine learning methodology in discrete mathematics problems motivated by physics.