  We propose a conceptual framework that leads to an abstract characterization
for the exact solvability of Calabi-Yau varieties in terms of abelian varieties
with complex multiplication. The abelian manifolds are derived from the
cohomology of the Calabi-Yau manifold, and the conformal field theoretic
quantities of the underlying string emerge from the number theoretic structure
induced on the varieties by the complex multiplication symmetry. The geometric
structure that provides a conceptual interpretation of the relation between
geometry and the conformal field theory is discrete, and turns out to be given
by the torsion points on the abelian varieties.
