The number of rational curves on \(K3\) surfaces (Q929275)

Let \(X\) be a \(K3\) surface with a primitive ample divisor \(H\). Let \(\beta=2[H]\in H^2(X,\mathbb Z)\). In the paper under review, the author calculates the Gromov-Witten invariant \(n_\beta\) associated with \(\beta\). It turns out that \(n_\beta\) satisfies the Yau-Zaslow conjectrual formula. The author calculates \(n_\beta\) by relating it with the Euler number of a certain moduli space of sheaves on a certain \(K3\) surface. Then this Euler number is computed by more or less classical methods.