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Links to Online Lectures: David R. Morrison

• Collapsing metrics in string theory and M-theory, Durham, North Carolina, 13 April 2018.
• Mordell-Weil and Tate-Shafarevich groups of elliptic fibrations, and the global structure of the F-theory gauge group, BIRS, 23 January 2018.
• Singularities and special holonomy in physics, Simons Foundation, 15 September 2017.
• Matrix factorizations in physics: a mathematical perspective III, SCGP, 15 June 2017.
• Matrix factorizations in physics: a mathematical perspective II, SCGP, 14 June 2017.
• Matrix factorizations in physics: a mathematical perspective I, SCGP, 13 June 2017.
• Odds and ends, SCGP, 15 September 2016.
• Calibrations and branes, SCGP, 14 September 2016.
• The role of special holonomy in string/M/F compactification, SCGP, 13 September 2016.
• Moduli, calibrations, and singularities, SCGP, 8 September 2016.
• Topological lessons from string theory, SCGP, 13 July 2016.
• Calabi-Yau manifolds, mirror symmetry, and F-theory, CIRM Luminy, 13-15 April 2016.
  • Lecture I, Lecture II.
• Elliptic Calabi-Yau torsors, University of Miami, 26 January 2016.
• The singular fibers in an SYZ fibration, SCGP, 31 August 2015.
• The remarriage of pure mathematics and theoretical physics, Aspen Center for Physics, 27 August 2015.
• Mirror symmetry and gauged linear sigma models, SCGP, 6 November 2014.
• What is F-theory?, Rutgers University, 4 November 2014.
• Some new tricks for good ol' SL(2,Z), University of Pennsylvania, 2 November 2014.
  • Part 1, Part 2.
• More on singular G2 and Calabi-Yau spaces, SCGP, 10 September 2014.
• WHAT IS ... F-theory?, SCGP, 9 September 2014.
• Singular limits of G2 metrics and non-abelian gauge symmetry in M-theory, SCGP, 4 September 2014.
• Affine Kac-Moody spectra and F-theory, SCGP, 13 August 2014.
• What is F-theory?, SCGP, 13 August 2014.
• Families of elliptic curves with applications to physics, Heidelberg University (10 lectures), 17-21 February 2014.
  • Lecture I: Algebraic curves of genus one
  • Lecture II: String theory, M-theory, and F-theory
  • Lecture III: Wilson lines and the Kodaira-Néron classification
  • Lecture IV: The Kodaira-Néron classifications and K3 surfaces (video unavailable)
  • Lecture V: Review of Lie theory
  • Lecture VI: Rational double points and their deformations
  • Lecture VII: Determining the gauge algebra
  • Lecture VIII: The Mordell-Weil and Tate-Shafarevich groups
  • Lecture IX: The matter representation and anomaly cancellation
  • Lecture X: Fluxes and conifold transitions
• Classification of 6D SCFTs, KITP, 23 January 2014.
• Clemens-Schmid and mixed Hodge structures in string theory, Fields Institute, 22 November 2013.
• Variations of {H}odge structure, Gromov-Witten invariants, and the Gamma class, Fields Institute, 19 November 2013.
• The Mathieu group and automorphisms of K3, SCGP, 26 August 2013.
• Gromov-Witten invariants without mirror symmetry, Strings 2013, Seoul, 25 June 2013.
• Matrix factorizations in physics (Summary talk), Banff International Research Station, 15 August 2012.
• D-brane algebras, Banff International Research Station, 14 August 2012.
• Spherical partition functions and Gromov-Witten invariants, SCGP, 31 July 2012.
  • Part 1, Part 2.
• K3 surfaces, modular forms, and non-geometric heterotic compactifications, SCGP, 8 May 2012.
• Conifold transitions, M-theory, and special divisors on Riemann surfaces, SCGP, 27 March 2012.
• Mathematical Aspects of F-Theory, SCGP, 19 March 2012.
• Quivers from matrix factorizations, SCGP, 15 December 2011.
• Singularities in String Theory (3 lectures), LMU Munich, 12-14 October 2011.
• Loops on Riemann surfaces and dualities in quantum field theory, Kobe University, 6 December 2010.
• Supergravity Approach to the Connection Between 4D and 2D Theories, KITP, 10 August 2010.
• Noncommutative algebras and (commutative) algebraic geometry, Perimeter Institute, 8 May 2010.
• Non-geometric heterotic compactifications, KITP, 5 May 2009.
• Mirror Symmetry and Langlands Duality (three lectures), KITP, 21-25 July 2008.
  • Lecture I, Lecture II, Lecture III.
• Decay of false vacua, UCSB, 8 February 2006.
• Stalking the Shape of the Universe: Geometrical Structures and Physical Reality, KITP, 3 November 2005.
• Topological Mirror Symmetry with Fluxes (following Tomasiello), KITP, 16 September 2005.
• How Much Mathematics Does A Theoretical Physicist Need To Know?, KITP, 14 September 2005.
• Strominger-Yau-Zaslow revisited, Perimeter Institute, 21 November 2004.