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Categorical enumerative invariants of the ground field

Symplectic Geometry 2026-03-19 v4 Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology Quantum Algebra

Abstract

For an S1S^1-framed modular operad PP, we introduce its "Feynman compactification" denoted by FPFP which is a modular operad. Let {Mfr(g,n)}(g,n)\{\mathbb{M}^{\sf fr}(g,n)\}_{(g,n)} be the S1S^1-framed modular operad defined using moduli spaces of smooth curves with framings along punctures. We prove that the homology operad of FMfrF\mathbb{M}^{\sf fr} is isomorphic to H(M)H_*(\overline{M}), the homology operad of the Deligne-Mumford operad. Using this isomorphism, we obtain an explicit formula of the fundamental class of [Mg,n/Sn][\overline{M}_{g,n}/S_n] 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