Tropical quantum field theory, mirror polyvector fields, and multiplicities of tropical curves
Abstract
We introduce algebraic structures on the polyvector fields of an algebraic torus that serve to compute multiplicities in tropical and log Gromov-Witten theory while also connecting to the mirror symmetry dual deformation theory of complex structures. Most notably these structures include a tropical quantum field theory and an -structure. The latter is an instance of Getzler's gravity algebra, and the -bracket is a restriction of the Schouten-Nijenhuis bracket. We explain the relationship to string topology in the appendix (thanks to Janko Latschev).
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@article{arxiv.1902.07183,
title = {Tropical quantum field theory, mirror polyvector fields, and multiplicities of tropical curves},
author = {Travis Mandel and Helge Ruddat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.07183},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Intro rewritten; improved definition of Tropical QFT; corrected algebraic characterization of TrQFT (Theorem 3.6); added appendix on relation to string topology; various other improvements; 37 pages; comments welcome!