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Algebraic Geometry Seminar


Date: Tuesday, Sep 3, 2024

Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM

Location: LCB 222


Y.P. Lee

Academia Sinica

Title

Quantum K-theory

Abstract

A lot of moduli spaces have the property that they are locally cut out by zeros of a section of a vector bundle over smooth spaces. These moduli spaces could be highly singular, but possess certain properties called quasi-smoothness. Using this, one can define on the moduli “virtual structure sheaf”, which is deformation-invariant. The moduli of stable maps and quasimaps (as well as many other curve counting moduli) satisfy this property, and can be used to define quantum K-theory (or Gromov-Witten theory, Donaldson-Thomas theory etc.). In this talk I will talk about results on moduli of stable maps to a point and to Calabi-Yau threefolds.

Algebraic Geometry

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