The moduli space of stable quotients

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DOI10.2140/GT.2011.15.1651zbMATH Open1256.14057arXiv0904.2992OpenAlexW2167379403MaRDI QIDQ640345FDOQ640345

Alina Marian, Dragos Oprea, Rahul Pandharipande

Publication date: 18 October 2011

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A moduli space of stable quotients of the rank n trivial sheaf on stable curves is introduced. Over nonsingular curves, the moduli space is Grothendieck's Quot scheme. Over nodal curves, a relative construction is made to keep the torsion of the quotient away from the singularities. New compactifications of classical spaces arise naturally: a nonsingular and irreducible compactification of the moduli of maps from genus 1 curves to projective space is obtained. Localization on the moduli of stable quotients leads to new relations in the tautological ring generalizing Brill-Noether constructions. The moduli space of stable quotients is proven to carry a canonical 2-term obstruction theory and thus a virtual class. The resulting system of descendent invariants is proven to equal the Gromov-Witten theory of the Grassmannian in all genera. Stable quotients can also be used to study Calabi-Yau geometries. The conifold is calculated to agree with stable maps. Several questions about the behavior of stable quotients for arbitrary targets are raised.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.2992




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