The pre-WDVV ring of physics and its topology

DOI10.1007/S11139-005-4850-1zbMATH Open1094.13036arXivmath/0511420OpenAlexW2101482869MaRDI QIDQ2583526FDOQ2583526

Authors: Margaret A. Readdy 

Publication date: 17 January 2006

Published in: The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show how a simplicial complex arising from the WDVV (Witten-Dijkgraaf-Verlinde-Verlinde) equations of string theory is the Whitehouse complex. Using discrete Morse theory, we give an elementary proof that the Whitehouse complex $Delt{a}_n$ is homotopy equivalent to a wedge of $(n-2)!$ spheres of dimension $n-4$. We also verify the Cohen-Macaulay property. Additionally, recurrences are given for the face enumeration of the complex and the Hilbert series of the associated pre-WDVV ring.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511420

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zbMATH Keywords

moduli spaceMorse matchingWDVV equationsWhitehouse complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic combinatorics (05E99) Commutative rings defined by monomial ideals; Stanley-Reisner face rings; simplicial complexes (13F55) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Classification of homotopy type (55P15)

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