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On Vanishing of Gromov--Witten Invariants

Algebraic Geometry 2025-08-22 v1 Discrete Mathematics Combinatorics

Abstract

We consider the decision problem of whether a particular Gromov--Witten invariant on a partial flag variety is zero. We prove that for the 33-pointed, genus zero invariants, this problem is in the complexity class AM{\sf AM} assuming the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (GRH), and therefore lies in the second level of polynomial hierarchy PH{\sf PH}. For the proof, we construct an explicit system of polynomial equations through a translation of the defining equations. We also need to prove an extension of the Parametric Hilbert's Nullstellensatz to obtain our central reduction.

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@article{arxiv.2508.15715,
  title  = {On Vanishing of Gromov--Witten Invariants},
  author = {Igor Pak and Colleen Robichaux and Weihong Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.15715},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages