Monodromy calculatons of fourth order equations of Calabi-Yau type

Christian van Enckevort; Duco van Straten

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Monodromy calculatons of fourth order equations of Calabi-Yau type

Christian van Enckevort·Duco van Straten

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This paper contains a preliminary study of the monodromy of certain fourth order differential equations, that were called of Calabi-Yau type in math.NT/0402386. Some of these equations can be interpreted as the Picard-Fuchs equations of a Calabi-Yau manifold with one complex modulus, which links up the observed integrality to the conjectured integrality of the Gopakumar-Vafa invariants. A natural question is if in the other cases such a geometrical interpretation is also possible. Our investigations of the monodromies are intended as a first step in answering this question. We use a numerical approach combined with some ideas from homological mirror symmetry to determine the monodromy for some further one-parameter models. Furthermore, we present a conjectural identification of the Picard-Fuchs equation for 5 new examples from Borcea's list and one constructed by Tonoli and conjecture the existence of some new Calabi-Yau three folds. The paper does not contain any theorems or proofs but is, we think, nevertheless of interest.

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Christian van Enckevort, Duco van Straten. 2005-03-20. Monodromy calculatons of fourth order equations of Calabi-Yau type. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0412539

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