Gromov-Witten invariants of blow-ups along points and curves

Abstract. In this paper, using the gluing formula of Gromov-Witten invariants under symplectic cutting, due to Li and Ruan, we studied the Gromov-Witten invariants of blow-ups at a smooth point or along a smooth curve. We established some relations between Gromov-Witten invariants of M and its blow-ups at a smooth point or along a smooth curve. Received February 4, 1999     

Log geometry and exploded manifolds

Log Gromov-Witten invariants have recently been defined separately by Gross and Siebert and Abramovich and Chen. This paper provides a dictionary between log geometry and holomorphic exploded manifolds in order to compare Gromov-Witten invariants defined using exploded manifolds or log schemes. The gluing formula for Gromov-Witten invariants of exploded manifolds suggests an approach to proving analogous gluing formulas for log Gromov-Witten invariants.     

A formula of two-partition Hodge integrals

Motivated by the Mariño-Vafa formula of Hodge integrals and physicists' predictions on local Gromov-Witten invariants of toric Fano surfaces in a Calabi-Yau threefold, the third author conjectured a formula of certain Hodge integrals in terms of certain Chern-Simons invariants of the Hopf link. We prove this formula by virtual localization on moduli spaces of relative stable morphisms.

     

Note on a Conjecture of Gopakumar-Vafa

We rephrase the Gopakumar-Vafa conjecture on genus zero Gromov-Witten invariants of Calabi-Yau threefolds in terms of the virtual degree of the moduli of pure dimension one stable sheaves and investigate the conjecture for K3 fibred local Calabi-Yau threefolds.     

Topological conformal field theories and Calabi-Yau categories

This is the first of two papers which construct a purely algebraic counterpart to the theory of Gromov-Witten invariants (at all genera). These Gromov-Witten type invariants depend on a Calabi-Yau A_∞ category, which plays the role of the target in ordinary Gromov-Witten theory. When we use an appropriate A_∞ version of the derived category of coherent sheaves on a Calabi-Yau variety, this constructs the B model at all genera. When the Fukaya category of a compact symplectic manifold X is used, it is shown, under certain assumptions, that the usual Gromov-Witten invariants are recovered. The assumptions are that open-closed Gromov-Witten theory can be constructed for X, and that the natural map from the Hochschild homology of the Fukaya category of X to the ordinary homology of X is an isomorphism.     

Relative Gromov-Witten invariants and the mirror formula

Let X be a smooth complex projective variety, and let be a smooth very ample hypersurface such that is nef. Using the technique of relative Gromov-Witten invariants, we give a new short and geometric proof of (a version of) the “mirror formula”, i.e. we show that the generating function of the genus zero 1-point Gromov-Witten invariants of Y can be obtained from that of X by a certain change of variables (the so-called “mirror transformation”). Moreover, we use the same techniques to give a similar expression for the (virtual) numbers of degree-d plane rational curves meeting a smooth cubic at one point with multiplicity 3d, which play a role in local mirror symmetry. Received: 11 July 2001 / Published online: 4 February 2003 Funded by the DFG scholarships Ga 636/1–1 and Ga 636/1–2.     

Hamiltonian Gromov-Witten invariants

In this paper we introduce invariants of semi-free Hamiltonian actions of S¹ on compact symplectic manifolds using the space of solutions to certain gauge theoretical equations. These equations generalise both the vortex equations and the holomorphicity equation used in Gromov-Witten theory. In the definition of the invariants we combine ideas coming from gauge theory and the ideas underlying the construction of Gromov-Witten invariants.     

A topological view of Gromov-Witten theory

We study relative Gromov-Witten theory via universal relations provided by the degeneration and localization formulas. We find relative Gromov-Witten theory is completely determined by absolute Gromov-Witten theory. The relationship between the relative and absolute theories is guided by a strong analogy to classical topology.As an outcome, we present a mathematical determination of the Gromov-Witten invariants (in all genera) of the Calabi-Yau quintic 3-fold in terms of known theories.     

A conjectural formula for genus one Gromov-Witten invariants of some local Calabi-Yau <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-folds

We conjecture a formula for the generating function of genus one Gromov-Witten invariants of the local Calabi-Yau manifolds which are the total spaces of splitting bundles over projective spaces. We prove this conjecture in several special cases, and assuming the validity of our conjecture we check the integrality of genus one Bogomol’nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) numbers of local Calabi-Yau 5-folds defined by Klemm and Pandharipande.     

Virtual moduli cycles and Gromov-Witten invariants of algebraic varieties

In this paper, we define the virtual moduli cycle of moduli spaces with perfect tangent-obstruction theory. The two interesting moduli spaces of this type are moduli spaces of vector bundles over surfaces and moduli spaces of stable morphisms from curves to projective varieties. As an application, we define the Gromov-Witten invariants of smooth projective varieties and prove all its basic properties.

     

A conjectural formula for genus one Gromov-Witten invariants of some local Calabi-Yau n-folds

We conjecture a formula for the generating function of genus one Gromov-Witten invariants of the local Calabi-Yau manifolds which are the total spaces of splitting bundles over projective spaces. We prove this conjecture in several special cases, and assuming the validity of our conjecture we check the integrality of genus one Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield(BPS) numbers of local Calabi-Yau 5-folds defined by Klemm and Pandharipande.     

An extension of Biran's Lagrangian barrier theorem

We use the Gromov-Witten invariants and a nonsqueezing theorem by the author to affirm a conjecture by P. Biran on the Lagrangian barriers.

     

Topological recursion relations on M_(3,2)

We give some new genus-3 universal equations for Gromov-Witten invariants of compact symplectic manifolds. These equations were obtained by studying relations in the tautological ring of the moduli space of2-pointed genus-3 stable curves. A byproduct of our search for genus-3 equations is a new genus-2 universal equation for Gromov-Witten invariants.     

New recursions for genus-zero Gromov-Witten invariants

New relations among the genus-zero Gromov-Witten invariants of a complex projective manifold X are exhibited. When the cohomology of X is generated by divisor classes and classes “with vanishing one-point invariants,” the relations determine many-point invariants in terms of one-point invariants.     

Local and relative Gromov-Witten invariants of the projective plane

Let B be a line or a smooth conic in ². We give a recursive formula for certain linear combinations of the genus 0 relative Gromov-Witten invariants of (²,B). After change of sign, this is equivalent to the WDVV equation for the equivariant local Gromov-Witten invariants of ² in ᵊA(–B). We show that these invariants coincide up to sign. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000):14N35, 14N10     

Psi-floor diagrams and a Caporaso-Harris type recursion

Floor diagrams are combinatorial objects which organize the count of tropical plane curves satisfying point conditions. In this paper we introduce Psi-floor diagrams which count tropical curves satisfying not only point conditions but also conditions given by Psi-classes (together with points). We then generalize our definition to relative Psi-floor diagrams and prove a Caporaso-Harris type formula for the corresponding numbers. This formula is shown to coincide with the classical Caporaso-Harris formula for relative plane descendant Gromov-Witten invariants. As a consequence, we can conclude that in our case relative descendant Gromov-Witten invariants equal their tropical counterparts.     

Orbifold Gromov–Witten Invariants of Weighted Blow-up at Smooth Points

In this paper, one considers the change of orbifold Gromov–Witten invariants under weighted blow-up at smooth points. Some blow-up formula for Gromov–Witten invariants of symplectic orbifolds is proved. These results extend the results of manifolds case to orbifold case.     

QUANTUM COHOMOLOGY OF BLOWUPS OF SURFACES AND ITS FUNCTORIALITY PROPERTY

In this article, using the WDVV equation,the author first proves that all Gromov-Witten invariants of blowups of surfaces can be computed from the Gromov-Witten invariants of itself by some recursive relations. Furthermore, it may determine the quantum product on blowups. It also proves that there is some degree of functoriality of the big quantum cohomology for a blowup.     

Finite type invariants of nanowords and nanophrases

Homotopy classes of nanowords and nanophrases are combinatorial generalizations of virtual knots and links. Goussarov, Polyak and Viro defined finite type invariants for virtual knots and links via semi-virtual crossings. We extend their definition to nanowords and nanophrases. We study finite type invariants of low degrees. In particular, we show that the linking matrix and T invariant defined by Fukunaga are finite type of degree 1 and degree 2 respectively. We also give a finite type invariant of degree 4 for open homotopy of Gauss words.     

Curve counting via stable pairs in the derived category

For a nonsingular projective 3-fold X, we define integer invariants virtually enumerating pairs (C,D) where C⊂X is an embedded curve and D⊂C is a divisor. A virtual class is constructed on the associated moduli space by viewing a pair as an object in the derived category of X. The resulting invariants are conjecturally equivalent, after universal transformations, to both the Gromov-Witten and DT theories of X. For Calabi-Yau 3-folds, the latter equivalence should be viewed as a wall-crossing formula in the derived category. Several calculations of the new invariants are carried out. In the Fano case, the local contributions of nonsingular embedded curves are found. In the local toric Calabi-Yau case, a completely new form of the topological vertex is described.