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Open WDVV equations and Virasoro constraints

Mathematical Physics 2020-02-25 v4 Algebraic Geometry math.MP Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

In their fundamental work, B. Dubrovin and Y. Zhang, generalizing the Virasoro equations for the genus 0 Gromov-Witten invariants, proved the Virasoro equations for a descendent potential in genus 0 of an arbitrary conformal Frobenius manifold. More recently, a remarkable system of partial differential equations, called the open WDVV equations, appeared in the work of A. Horev and J. P. Solomon. This system controls the genus 0 open Gromov-Witten invariants. In our paper, for an arbitrary solution of the open WDVV equations, satisfying a certain homogeneity condition, we construct a descendent potential in genus 0 and prove an open analog of the Virasoro equations. We also present conjectural open Virasoro equations in all genera and discuss some examples.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1901.10393,
  title  = {Open WDVV equations and Virasoro constraints},
  author = {Alexey Basalaev and Alexandr Buryak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.10393},
  year   = {2020}
}

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