Kennesaw State University DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University Faculty Publications 11-2004 Complex Multiplication of Exactly Solvable Calabi- Yau Varieties Monika Lynker Indiana University - South Bend Rolf Schimmrigk Kennesaw State University Steven Stewart Kennesaw State University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/facpubs Part of the Elementary Particles and Fields and String Theory Commons Recommended Citation Lynker M, Schimmrigk R, Stewart S. 2004. Complex multiplication of exactly solvable calabi-yau varieties. Nucl Phys B 700(1-3):463-89. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Nuclear Physics B 700 [PM] (2004) 463–489 Complex multiplication of exactly solvable Calabi–Yau varieties Monika Lynker a, Rolf Schimmrigk b, Steven Stewart b a Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN 46634, USA b Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Rd, Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA Received 13 February 2004; received in revised form 19 July 2004; accepted 5 August 2004 Available online 26 August 2004 Abstract We propose a conceptual framework that leads to an abstract characterization for the exact solv- ability of Calabi–Yau varieties in terms of abelian varieties with complex multiplication. The abelian manifolds are derived from the cohomology of the Calabi–Yau manifold, and the conformal field theoretic quantities of the underlying string emerge from the number theoretic structure induced on the varieties by the complex multiplication symmetry.