Picard-Fuchs Uniformization: Modularity of the Mirror Map and Mirror-Moonshine
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🧮 math.AG
hep-thmath.NT
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mirrormirror-moonshinemodularitypicard-fuchsuniformizationappearcertaincharacterizes
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Motivated by a conjecture of Lian and Yau concerning the mirror map in string theory, we determine when the mirror map q-series of certain elliptic curve and K3 surface families are Hauptmoduln (genus zero modular functions). Our geometric criterion for modularity characterizes orbifold uniformization properties of their Picard-Fuchs equations, effectively demystifying the mirror-moonshine phenomenon. A longer, more comprehensive treatment of these results will appear shortly.
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