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A new transversality condition on orbifolds and integer-valued Gromov-Witten type invariants

Symplectic Geometry 2025-02-25 v3 Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Following a proposal of Fukaya-Ono and the exploration by B. Parker, we introduce a new transversality condition, the FOP transversality condition, for sections of orbifold vector bundles EU\mathcal{E} \rightarrow \mathcal{U} when both E\mathcal{E} and U\mathcal{U} have "normal complex structures." This notion allows one to define various integral virtual cycles on moduli spaces of pseudoholomorphic curves. Two immediate applications in symplectic topology are the definition of integer-valued Gromov-Witten type invariants in all genera for general compact symplectic manifolds using the global Kuranishi chart constructed by Abouzaid-McLean-Smith and Hirschi-Swaminathan, and an alternative proof of the cohomological splitting theorem for Hamiltonian fibrations over S2S^2 with integer coefficients by Abouzaid-McLean-Smith.

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@article{arxiv.2201.02688,
  title  = {A new transversality condition on orbifolds and integer-valued Gromov-Witten type invariants},
  author = {Shaoyun Bai and Guangbo Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.02688},
  year   = {2025}
}

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v3: 107 pages, new title, substantially revised with stronger and more general results and more streamlined exposition. Comments are welcome!

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