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Gromov-Witten theory of $\mathrm{K3} \times \mathbb{P}^1$ and quasi-Jacobi forms

Algebraic Geometry 2017-10-13 v2

Abstract

Let SS be a K3 surface with primitive curve class β\beta. We solve the relative Gromov-Witten theory of S×P1S \times \mathbb{P}^1 in classes (β,1)(\beta,1) and (β,2)(\beta,2). The generating series are quasi-Jacobi forms and equal to a corresponding series of genus 00 Gromov-Witten invariants on the Hilbert scheme of points of SS. This proves a special case of a conjecture of Pandharipande and the author. The new geometric input of the paper is a genus bound for hyperelliptic curves on K3 surfaces proven by Ciliberto and Knutsen. By exploiting various formal properties we find that a key generating series is determined by the very first few coefficients. Let EE be an elliptic curve. As collorary of our computations we prove that Gromov-Witten invariants of S×ES \times E in classes (β,1)(\beta,1) and (β,2)(\beta,2) are coefficients of the reciprocal of the Igusa cusp form. We also calculate several linear Hodge integrals on the moduli space of stable maps to a K3 surface and the Gromov-Witten invariants of an abelian threefold in classes of type (1,1,d)(1,1,d).

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@article{arxiv.1605.05238,
  title  = {Gromov-Witten theory of $\mathrm{K3} \times \mathbb{P}^1$ and quasi-Jacobi forms},
  author = {Georg Oberdieck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.05238},
  year   = {2017}
}

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33 pages. Minor changes. Final version