Quantum cohomology of partial flag manifolds \(F_{n_ 1\dots n_ k}\) (Q1912580)

The authors introduce here the vertical quantum cohomology for \(\pi:X \to B\) where only vertical rational curves in \(X\) are used to ``deform'' the cohomology structure. This cohomology is then used to expand the computation of the quantum cohomology of the Grassmannian \(\text{Gr} (n,m)= U(n)/U(m) \times U(n-m)\) to the more general case of flag manifold \(F_{n_1, \dots, n_k}= U(n)/U(n_1) \times\cdots \times U(n_k)\). The result is consistent with the quantum cohomology ring computed before by Givental and Kim for the complete flag variety \(F_n=U(n)/U(1) \times \cdots \times U(1)\).