Erik will give a talk entitled “The tadpole conjecture - some motivation, explanation, and ideas to prove it”, with the following abstract:

Abstract: In this talk I will briefly motivate and explain the tadpole conjecture, and summarize and outline some ideas to prove it.

Suggested papers:

D-brane masses at special fibres of hypergeometric families of Calabi-Yau threefolds, modular forms, and periods