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Enumerative Geometry of Quantum Periods

Algebraic Geometry 2025-07-24 v2 Quantum Algebra Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We interpret the qq-refined theta function ϑ1\vartheta_1 of a log Calabi-Yau surface (P,E)(\mathbb{P},E) as a natural qq-refinement of the open mirror map, defined by quantum periods of mirror curves for outer Aganagic-Vafa branes on the local Calabi-Yau KPK_{\mathbb{P}}. The series coefficients are all-genus logarithmic two-point invariants, directly extending the relation found in [GRZ]. Yet we find an explicit discrepancy at higher genus in the relation to open Gromov-Witten invariants of the Aganagic-Vafa brane. Using a degeneration argument, we express the difference in terms of relative invariants of an elliptic curve. With π:P^P\pi: \widehat{\mathbb{P}} \rightarrow \mathbb{P} the toric blow up of a point, we use the Topological Vertex [AKMV] to show a correspondence between open invariants of KPK_{\mathbb{P}} and closed invariants of KP^K_{\widehat{\mathbb{P}}} generalizing a variant of [CLLT][LLW] to arbitrary genus and winding. We also equate winding-1, open-BPS invariants with closed Gopakumar-Vafa invariants.

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@article{arxiv.2502.19408,
  title  = {Enumerative Geometry of Quantum Periods},
  author = {Tim Gräfnitz and Helge Ruddat and Eric Zaslow and Benjamin Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.19408},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

50 pages, comments welcome; v2: extended Proposition 4.1, updated Section 5, added an Appendix, other small changes

R2 v1 2026-06-28T21:59:06.482Z