The K3 multiple cover formula for reduced Gromov–Witten invariants

Let SS be a K3 surface, let β\beta be an effective curve class, and for every divisor kβk\mid\beta let SkS_k be a K3 surface with a complex isometry φk\varphi_k such that φk(β/k)\varphi_k(\beta/k) is primitive and effective. Extend φk\varphi_k to the full cohomology by φk(1)=1\varphi_k(1)=1 and φk(p)=p\varphi_k(\mathsf{p})=\mathsf{p}. Let γ1,,γr\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_r be insertions and let τki\tau_{k_i} denote descendent insertions.

Multiple Cover Formula.

τk1(γ1)τkr(γr)g,βS,GW,red=kβk2g3+ideg(γi)τk1(φk(γ1))τkr(φk(γr))g,φr(β/k)S,GW,red.\left\langle\tau_{k_1}(\gamma_1)\cdots\tau_{k_r}(\gamma_r)\right\rangle^{S,\mathsf{GW},\mathsf{red}}_{g,\beta}=\sum_{k\mid\beta}k^{2g-3+\sum_i\deg(\gamma_i)}\left\langle\tau_{k_1}(\varphi_k(\gamma_1))\cdots\tau_{k_r}(\varphi_k(\gamma_r))\right\rangle^{S,\mathsf{GW},\mathsf{red}}_{g,\varphi_r(\beta/k)}.

This formula was conjectured in the cited work on K3 surfaces and expresses imprimitive reduced Gromov–Witten invariants as a divisor sum of primitive invariants. Its status is not resolved by the supplied material.

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Georg Oberdieck, “Marked relative invariants and GW/PT correspondences”, arXiv:2112.11949 (2021).

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