The Liu–Xu universal vanishing conjecture for Gromov–Witten invariants

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Let XX be a smooth projective variety. Given a basis {γa}\{\gamma_a\} for H∗(X,Q)H^*(X,\mathbb Q), let xi,yi∈H∗(X)x_i,y_i\in H^*(X) and let k≥2g−3+r+sk\geq 2g-3+r+s. Using Gathmann's conventions

⟨τ−2(pt)⟩0,0X=1\langle\tau_{-2}(pt)\rangle_{0,0}^X=1

and

⟨τm(γ1)τ−1−m(γ2)⟩0,0X=(−1)max⁡(m,−1−m)∫Xγ1⋅γ2,m∈Z,\langle\tau_m(\gamma_1)\tau_{-1-m}(\gamma_2)\rangle_{0,0}^X=(-1)^{\max(m,-1-m)}\int_X\gamma_1\cdot\gamma_2,\qquad m\in\mathbb Z,

with all other Gromov–Witten invariants containing a negative power of a cotangent line class defined to be zero, Liu–Xu's universal vanishing conjecture. The Gromov–Witten potential function satisfies

∑g′=0g∑j∈Z(−1)j⟨⟨τj(γa)∏i=1rτpi(xi)⟩⟩g′X⟨⟨τk−j(γa)∏i=1sτqi(yi)⟩⟩g−g′X=0.\sum_{g'=0}^g\sum_{j\in\mathbb Z}(-1)^j\langle\langle\tau_j(\gamma_a)\prod_{i=1}^r\tau_{p_i}(x_i)\rangle\rangle^X_{g'}\langle\langle\tau_{k-j}(\gamma^a)\prod_{i=1}^s\tau_{q_i}(y_i)\rangle\rangle^X_{g-g'}=0.

Here jj runs over all integers. This is a proposed universal system of equations for Gromov–Witten invariants, generalizing vanishing identities for nn-point functions; the supplied source does not establish the assertion or indicate a resolution status.

References

Primary source

Kefeng Liu and Hao Xu, “The n-point functions for intersection numbers on moduli spaces of curves”, arXiv:math/0701319 (2009).

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