Yau is celebrated for solving the Calabi conjecture that plagued the mathematics community for many years, and for contributing to the positive mass theorem, which is part of general relativity.

Most of these dimensions are imperceptible, tightly curled into complex and conceptually beautiful geometric shapes known as Calabi–Yau manifolds. Though hidden, they are not trivial ...

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