Gromov-Witten invariants in complex and Morava-local $K$-theories
Abstract
Given a closed symplectic manifold , we construct Gromov-Witten-type invariants valued both in (complex) -theory and in any complex-oriented cohomology theory which is -local for some Morava -theory . We show that these invariants satisfy a version of the Kontsevich-Manin axioms, extending Givental and Lee's work for the quantum -theory of complex projective algebraic varieties. In particular, we prove a Gromov-Witten type splitting axiom, and hence define quantum -theory and quantum -theory as commutative deformations of the corresponding (generalised) cohomology rings of ; the definition of the quantum product involves the formal group of the underlying cohomology theory. The key geometric input to these results is a construction of global Kuranishi charts for moduli spaces of stable maps of arbitrary genus to . On the algebraic side, in order to establish a common framework covering both ordinary -theory and -local theories, we introduce a formalism of `counting theories' for enumerative invariants on a category of global Kuranishi charts.
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@article{arxiv.2307.01883,
title = {Gromov-Witten invariants in complex and Morava-local $K$-theories},
author = {Mohammed Abouzaid and Mark McLean and Ivan Smith},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.01883},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
68 pages, 2 figures. v2 corrects an error in the construction of consistent domain metrics in section 4; the main results and other constructions are unaffected. v3 corrects discussion of forgetful axiom and incorporates referees' corrections and suggestions, including a change in title. Accepted version