Quantum cohomology rings of Grassmannians and total positivity

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Publication:1847883

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-01-11033-8zbMATH Open1013.14014arXivmath/0112022OpenAlexW2093244751MaRDI QIDQ1847883FDOQ1847883


Authors: K. Rietsch Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 27 October 2002

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a proof of a result of D. Peterson's identifying the quantum cohomology ring of a Grassmannian with the reduced coordinate ring of a certain subvariety of GLn. The totally positive part of this subvariety is then constructed and we give closed formulas for the values of the Schubert basis elements on the totally positive points. We then use the developed methods to give a new proof of a formula of Vafa and Intriligator and Bertram for the structure constants (Gromov--Witten invariants). Finally, we use the positivity of these Gromov--Witten invariants to prove certain inequalities for Schur polynomials at roots of unity.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0112022




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