An update on semisimple quantum cohomology and F-manifolds

In the first section of this note we show that the Theorem 1.8.1 of Bayer--Manin ([BaMa]) can be strengthened in the following way: {\it if the even quantum cohomology of a projective algebraic manifold $V$ is generically semi--simple, then $V$ has no odd cohomology and is of Hodge--Tate type.} In particular, this addressess a question in [Ci]. In the second section, we prove that {\it an analytic (or formal) supermanifold $M$ with a given supercommutative associative $\Cal{O}_M$--bilinear multiplication on its tangent sheaf $\Cal{T}_M$ is an $F$--manifold in the sense of [HeMa], iff its spectral cover as an analytic subspace of the cotangent bundle $T^*_M$ is coisotropic of maximal dimension.} This answers a question of V. Ginzburg. Finally, we discuss these results in the context of mirror symmetry and Landau--Ginzburg models for Fano varieties.