On the descendent Gromov–Witten theory of a K3 surface
We study the reduced descendent Gromov–Witten theory of K3 surfaces in primitive curve classes. We present a conjectural closed formula for the stationary theory, which generalizes the Bryan–Leung formula. We also prove a new recursion that allows to remove descendent insertions of 1 in many instances. Together this yields an efficient way to compute a large class of invariants (modulo the conjecture on the stationary part). As a corollary we conjecture a surprising polynomial structure which underlies the Gromov–Witten invariants of the K3 surface.
Authors
- Georg Oberdieck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8546-6007)
Institutions
- Heidelberg University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Portugaliae Mathematica
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4171/pm/2143
- Primary Topic
- Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00