Quantum \(K\)-theory. I: Foundations (Q1430009)

The author studies the foundations of quantum \(K\)-theory, a \(K\)-theoretic version of quantum cohomology theory, giving a deformation of the ordinary \(K\)-ring \(K(X)\) of a smooth projective variety \(X\), analogous to the relation between quantum cohomology and ordinary cohomology. As a result, he develops a new class of Frobenius manifolds, and answers an open question of \textit{A. Bayer} and \textit{Y. I. Manin} [\texttt{http://arxiv.org/abs/math.AG/0103164}].