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Symplectic sums and Gromov-Witten invariants

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

Gromov-Witten invariants of a symplectic manifold are a count of holomorphic curves. We describe a formula expressing the GW invariants of a symplectic sum X# Y in terms of the relative GW invariants of XX and YY. This formula has several applications to enumerative geometry. As one application, we obtain new relations in the cohomology ring of the moduli space of complex structures on a genus g Riemann surface with n marked points.

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@article{arxiv.math/0304298,
  title  = {Symplectic sums and Gromov-Witten invariants},
  author = {Eleny-Nicoleta Ionel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0304298},
  year   = {2007}
}
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