A degeneration formula of GW-invariants (Q1423996)

This paper is the sequel to [\textit{J. Li}, J. Differ. Geom. 57, No. 3, 509--578 (2001; Zbl 1076.14540)]. In the first part of this paper the author uses the moduli of relative stable morphisms, constructed in the first paper, to construct the Gromov-Witten invariants of a singular scheme \(W_0\), consisting of two smooth irreducible components \(Y_1\) and \(Y_2\), intersecting transversally along a connected smooth divisor \(D\in W_0\). The author also constructs the relative Gromov-Witten invariants of the pairs \((Y_1,D)\) and \((Y_2,D)\). In the second half of this paper the author gives a degeneration formula for these invariants in the situation where \(W \to T\) is a one-parameter family with smooth total space \(W\) and smooth generic fibers, but with \(W_0\) as the fiber over \(0\in C\). This formula is analogous to that of \textit{A.-M. Li} and \textit{Y. Ruan} [Invent. Math. 145, 151--218 (2001; Zbl 1062.53073)] and \textit{E. N. Ionel} and \textit{T. H. Parker} [Ann. Math. (2) 159, No. 3, 935--1025 (2004; Zbl 1075.53092)].