A recursive formula for osculating curves

DOI10.4310/ARKIV.2021.V59.N1.A7MaRDI QIDQ2032829zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Giosuè Muratore

Publication date 14 June 2021

Published in Arkiv för Matematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.00096

zbMATH Keywords

Gromov-Witten theoryosculating curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Classical problems, Schubert calculus (14N15) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35)

Abstract: Let $X$ be a smooth complex projective variety. Using a construction devised to Gathmann, we present a recursive formula for some of the Gromov-Witten invariants of $X$. We prove that, when $X$ is homogeneous, this formula gives the number of osculating rational curves at a general point of a general hypersurface of $X$. This generalizes the classical well known pairs of inflexion (asymptotic) lines for surfaces in $mathbb{P}^3$ of Salmon, as well as Darboux's $27$ osculating conics.

Review text

Gromov-Witten theory is used to prove an interesting result in enumerative geometry that generalizes old theorems of \textit{G. Salmon} [A treatise on the analytic geometry of three dimensions. Hodges, Smith, and Company (1865); see revised by R. A. P. \textit{Rogers}. Fifth edition, in 2 vols. Vol. I. London: Longmans, Green \& Co (1911; JFM 42.0587.01)] and \textit{G. Darboux} [Darboux Bull. (2) 4, 348--384 (1880; JFM 12.0590.01)].

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