Positivity determines the quantum cohomology of Grassmannians

DOI10.2140/ANT.2021.15.1505zbMATH Open1473.14104arXiv1905.05723OpenAlexW3205488248WikidataQ114045569 ScholiaQ114045569MaRDI QIDQ2239232FDOQ2239232

Chengxi Wang, Anders Skovsted Buch

Publication date: 3 November 2021

Published in: Algebra \& Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that if X is a Grassmannian of type A, then the Schubert basis of the (small) quantum cohomology ring QH(X) is the only homogeneous deformation of the Schubert basis of the ordinary cohomology ring of X that multiplies with non-negative structure constants. This implies that the (three point, genus zero) Gromov-Witten invariants of X are uniquely determined by Witten's presentation of QH(X) and the fact that they are non-negative. We conjecture that the same is true for any flag variety X = G/P of simply laced Lie type. For the variety GL(n)/B of complete flags, this conjecture is equivalent to Fomin, Gelfand, and Postnikov's conjecture that the quantum Schubert polynomials of type A are uniquely determined by positivity properties. Our proof for Grassmannians answers a question of Fulton.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.05723

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum cohomologyGrassmanniansGromov-Witten invariantpositivitysymmetric functionsflag varietiesSeidel representationSchubert basisquantum Schubert polynomials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetric functions and generalizations (05E05) Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Classical problems, Schubert calculus (14N15) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35)

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