An invitation to the enumerative geometry of degenerations
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| author | Ranganathan, Dhruv |
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| contents | This expository article is an introduction to logarithmic Gromov--Witten (GW) theory. We discuss how to study the GW theory of a smooth projective variety via simple normal crossings degenerations. We survey several approaches to constructing well-behaved, virtually smooth moduli spaces of stable maps to such degenerations. Each irreducible component of the special fiber of a degeneration determines a pair consisting of a variety and a normal crossings divisor, and these pairs carry their own logarithmic GW theory. We explain how the GW theory of the general fiber can be expressed in terms of the logarithmic GW theory of these pairs. Finally, we discuss applications to tautological classes on the moduli space of curves. |
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| spellingShingle | An invitation to the enumerative geometry of degenerations Ranganathan, Dhruv Algebraic Geometry This expository article is an introduction to logarithmic Gromov--Witten (GW) theory. We discuss how to study the GW theory of a smooth projective variety via simple normal crossings degenerations. We survey several approaches to constructing well-behaved, virtually smooth moduli spaces of stable maps to such degenerations. Each irreducible component of the special fiber of a degeneration determines a pair consisting of a variety and a normal crossings divisor, and these pairs carry their own logarithmic GW theory. We explain how the GW theory of the general fiber can be expressed in terms of the logarithmic GW theory of these pairs. Finally, we discuss applications to tautological classes on the moduli space of curves. |
| title | An invitation to the enumerative geometry of degenerations |
| topic | Algebraic Geometry |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20840 |