The combinatorial quantum cohomology ring of \(G/B\) (Q1781823)

Let \(G\) be a connected, simply connected, simple, complex Lie group and \(B\subset G\) a Borel subgroup. The author recovered in [Math. Res. Lett. 11, 35--48 (2004; Zbl 1062.14069)], in a purely combinatorial fashion, \textit{B.~Kim}'s presentation [Ann. Math. (2) 149, 129--148 (1999; Zbl 1054.14533)] of the quantum cohomology ring of the flag variety \(G/B\). The main goal of this paper is to construct a combinatorial quantum product on \(H^*(G/B)\otimes\mathbb R[\{q_i\}_{i=1,\dots,b_2(G/B)}]\) which satisfies the usual properties of the quantum product (e.g. commutativity, associativity, Frobenius property). Next, Mare applies his result in [loc. cit.] to describe this ring in terms of relations and generators, and finds explicit quantum representatives for the Schubert classes. Finally, he proves that the combinatorial and the usual quantum product on \(H^*(G/B)\otimes\mathbb R[\{q_i\}]\) agree.