Categorical enumerative invariants of the ground field
Symplectic Geometry
2026-03-19 v4 Algebraic Geometry
Algebraic Topology
Quantum Algebra
Abstract
For an -framed modular operad , we introduce its "Feynman compactification" denoted by which is a modular operad. Let be the -framed modular operad defined using moduli spaces of smooth curves with framings along punctures. We prove that the homology operad of is isomorphic to , the homology operad of the Deligne-Mumford operad. Using this isomorphism, we obtain an explicit formula of the fundamental class of in terms of Sen-Zwiebach's string vertices. As an immediate application, under mild assumptions, we prove that Costello's categorical enumerative invariants of the ground field match with the Gromov-Witten invariants of a point.
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@article{arxiv.2103.01383,
title = {Categorical enumerative invariants of the ground field},
author = {Junwu Tu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.01383},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
41 pages, revised and some parts rewritten