Eguchi–Hori–Xiong Virasoro constraints for the quantum cohomology partition function

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Let VV be a Fano manifold with only even-dimensional cohomology classes, let ZZ be the partition function of its topological sigma model coupled to gravity, and let LnL_n for n∈Zn\in\mathbb{Z} be the linear differential operators on the big phase space constructed by Eguchi, Hori and Xiong. They satisfy the Virasoro commutation relations under the stated Chern-class condition.

Eguchi–Hori–Xiong conjecture. The partition function satisfies

LnZ≡0L_n Z \equiv 0

for all n≥−1n\geq -1.

These equations are the proposed Virasoro constraints for quantum cohomology, generalizing the Virasoro constraints for the KdV tau-function in the point case. The source presents this as a conjecture for Fano manifolds with only even-dimensional cohomology classes; a more general conjecture is attributed to Eguchi, Jiang and Xiong.

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Xiaobo Liu and Gang Tian, “Virasoro Constraints For Quantum Cohomology”, arXiv:math/9806028 (1998).

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