Quantum singularity theory for A_ (r-1) and r-spin theory

DOI10.5802/AIF.2794MaRDI QIDQ2391374zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Huijun Fan, Yongbin Ruan, Tyler Jarvis

Publication date 31 July 2013

Published in Annales de l’institut Fourier (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0066

zbMATH Keywords

\(r\)-spin curvecohomological field theoryFJRWGelfand-Dikiiintegrable hierarchymirror symmetrymodulispin curveWitten

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities in algebraic geometry (14B05) Stacks and moduli problems (14D23) Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Relationships between algebraic curves and integrable systems (14H70) Relationships between algebraic curves and physics (14H81) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Complex surface and hypersurface singularities (32S25) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Frobenius manifolds (53D45) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56)

Abstract: We give a review of the quantum singularity theory of Fan-Jarvis-Ruan and the r-spin theory of Jarvis-Kimura-Vaintrob and describe the work of Abramovich-Jarvis showing that for the singularity A_{r-1} = x^r the stack of A_{r-1}-curves of is canonically isomorphic to the stack of r-spin curves. We prove that the A_{r-1}-theory satisfies all the axioms of Jarvis-Kimura-Vaintrob for an r-spin virtual class. Therefore, the results of Lee, Faber-Shadrin-Zovonkine, and Givental all apply to the A_{r-1}-theory. In particular, this shows that the Witten Integrable Hierarchies Conjecture is true for the A_{r-1}-theory; that is, the total descendant potential function of the A_{r-1}-theory satisfies the r-th Gelfand-Dikii hierarchy.

Review text

Inspired by Witten's work on the topological Landau-Ginzburg model, \textit{H. Fan} et al. [Ann. Math. (2) 178, No. 1, 1--106 (2013; Zbl 1310.32032)] developed a Gromov-Witten type quantum theory for any non-degenerate quasi-homogeneous singularity, which is associated to a Landau-Ginzburg model. It can be regarded as an intersection theory on the moduli space of solutions of the Witten equation. On the other hand, \textit{H.-L. Chang} and \textit{J. Li} [Int. Math. Res. Not. 2012, No. 18, 4163--4217 (2012; Zbl 1253.14053)], and independently \textit{A. Polishchuk} and \textit{A. Vaintrob} [Contemp. Math. 276, 229--249 (2001; Zbl 1051.14007)], initiated an program to give an algebro-geometric construction of Landau-Ginzburg theory. In this paper, the authors show that the moduli stack of \(A_{r-1}\)-curves in FJRW theory is canonically isomorphic to the stacks of \(r\)-spin curves constructed by \textit{D. Abramovich} and \textit{T. Y. Jarvis} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 131, No. 3, 685--699 (2003; Zbl 1037.14008)]. They also prove that their intersection theories are equivalent. In particular, Witten's conjecture (proved in [\textit{C. Faber} et al., Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 43, No. 4, 621--658 (2010; Zbl 1203.53090)]) asserts that total descendant potential functions of both theories satisfy the \(r\)-th Gelfand-Dikii hierarchy.

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