Moduli of stable maps in genus one and logarithmic geometry. I (Q2285040)

The paper under review studies moduli space of genus one curves in terms of logarithmic structure. The authors present a smooth and proper construction for compactification of moduli space of stable maps from genus one curves to Kontsevich space. Based on the key Vakil-Zinger's construction of desingularization of the principal component, the authors give a modular understanding their construction by minor modification and develop an analogue construction of moduli space of genus 1 pointed stable quasimaps to Kontsevich space. Especially, the authors develop new techniques to consider the geometry of elliptic \(m\)-fold singularity which results in a modular factorization of the birational maps connecting Smyth's space of genus one curve with marked points. Since there is no modular explanation for blowups of moduli space, so the authors also show how to build a modular explanation for logarithmic blowups of logarithmic moduli spaces by adding tropical information to moduli problem. In summary, the authors apply the techniques of tropical geometry and logarithmic structure to study moduli spaces of stable maps (or quasimaps) from genus one curves to Kontsevich space. It is an interesting exploration about the relationship between tropical geometry, logarithmic moduli space, stable maps and moduli space of elliptic curves.