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Holomorphic anomaly equations and the Igusa cusp form conjecture

Algebraic Geometry 2018-08-01 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Let SS be a K3 surface and let EE be an elliptic curve. We solve the reduced Gromov-Witten theory of the Calabi-Yau threefold S×ES \times E for all curve classes which are primitive in the K3 factor. In particular, we deduce the Igusa cusp form conjecture. The proof relies on new results in the Gromov-Witten theory of elliptic curves and K3 surfaces. We show the generating series of Gromov-Witten classes of an elliptic curve are cycle-valued quasimodular forms and satisfy a holomorphic anomaly equation. The quasimodularity generalizes a result by Okounkov and Pandharipande, and the holomorphic anomaly equation proves a conjecture of Milanov, Ruan and Shen. We further conjecture quasimodularity and holomorphic anomaly equations for the cycle-valued Gromov-Witten theory of every elliptic fibration with section. The conjecture generalizes the holomorphic anomaly equations for ellliptic Calabi-Yau threefolds predicted by Bershadsky, Cecotti, Ooguri, and Vafa. We show a modified conjecture holds numerically for the reduced Gromov-Witten theory of K3 surfaces in primitive classes.

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@article{arxiv.1706.10100,
  title  = {Holomorphic anomaly equations and the Igusa cusp form conjecture},
  author = {Georg Oberdieck and Aaron Pixton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.10100},
  year   = {2018}
}

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68 pages

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