STRING THEORY FOR MATHEMATICIANS, SPRING 2025

MATHEMATICS 595-SK, STRING THEORY FOR MATHEMATICIANS, SPRING 2025 (Second Half)

Instructor: Sheldon Katz
Office and hours: 301 Altgeld Hall, Mondays at 11am (beginning March 31), Fridays at 2pm, or by appointment.
Phone/email: 265-6258, katzs AT illinois.edu
Time and location:10:00-10:50 MWF. Official room: 212 Davenport Hall. Unofficial room: 343 Altgeld Hall. See below for daily location of classes

Course Syllabus is here

Location of classes: All classes from this point forward will be held in 343 Altgeld, unless otherwise announced in class, posted here, and/or announced in email.

Homework:

Homework 1 due Monday, March 31.
Homework 2 due Monday, April 7.
Homework 3 due Monday, April 14.
Homework 4 due Monday, April 21.
Homework 5 due Monday, April 28.
Homework 6 due Monday, May 5.

Notes to accompany lectures:

Please report typos and errors, thanks! -SK

Special Notes:

Typos in the notes on Compactification, Dimensional Reduction, and Mirror Symmetry were fixed on May 1.
Homework 6 will be the last homework assignment of the semester.