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M. Kontsevich

Publications and source records attributed to M. Kontsevich.

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arXiv2008

Hodge theoretic aspects of mirror symmetry

We discuss the Hodge theory of algebraic non-commutative spaces and analyze how this theory interacts with the Calabi-Yau condition and with mirror symmetry. We develop an abstract theory of non-commutative Hodge structures, investigate existence and variations, and propose explicit construction and classification techniques. We study the main examples of non-commutative Hodge structures coming from a symplectic or a complex geometry possibly twisted by a potential. We study the interactions of the new Hodge theoretic invariants with mirror symmetry and derive non-commutative analogues of some of the more interesting consequences of Hodge theory such as unobstructedness and the construction of canonical coordinates on moduli.

math.AG↗

arXiv2002

Connected components of the moduli spaces of Abelian differentials with prescribed singularities

Consider the moduli space of pairs (C,w) where C is a smooth compact complex curve of a given genus and w is a holomorphic 1-form on C with a given list of multiplicities of zeroes. We describe connected components of this space. This classification is important in the study of dynamics of interval exchange transformations and billiards in rational polygons, and in the study of geometry of translation surfaces.

math.GT↗

arXiv2001

Deformation quantization of algebraic varieties

The paper is devoted to peculiarities of the deformation quantization in the algebro-geometric context. A direct application of the formality theorem to an algebraic Poisson manifold gives a canonical sheaf of categories deforming coherent sheaves. The global category is very degenerate in general. Thus, we introduce a new notion of a semi-formal deformation, a replacement in algebraic geometry of an actual deformation (versus a formal one). Deformed algebras obtained by semi-formal deformations are Noetherian and have polynomial growth. We propose constructions of semi-formal quantizations of projective and affine algebraic Poisson manifolds satisfying certain natural geometric conditions. Projective symplectic manifolds (e.g. K3 surfaces and abelian varieties) do not satisfy our conditions, but projective spaces with quadratic Poisson brackets and Poisson-Lie groups can be semi-formally quantized.

math.AG↗

arXiv1997

Rozansky-Witten invariants via formal geometry

We show that recently constructed invariants of 3-dimensional manifolds and of hyperkaehler manifolds (L.Rozansky and E.Witten, hep-th/9612216) come from characteristic classes of foliations and from Gelfand-Fuks cohomology. In particular, any symplectic foliation gives invariants of 3-manifolds. Our preprint has many intersections with the preprint alg-geom/9704009 by M.Kapranov.

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arXiv1997

Lyapunov exponents and Hodge theory

We started from computer experiments with simple one-dimensional ergodic dynamical systems called interval exchange transformations. Correlators in these systems decay as a power of time. In the simplest non-trivial case the exponent is equal to 1/3. We found a formula connecting characteristic exponents with explicit integrals over moduli spaces of algebraic curves with additional structures. Moreover, these integrals can be interpreted as correlators in a topological string theory. Also a new analogy arose between ergodic theory and complex algebraic geometry.

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arXiv1995

Enumeration of rational curves via torus actions

This paper contains an attempt to formulate rigorously and to check predictions in enumerative geometry of curves following from Mirror Symmetry. The main tool is a new notion of stable map. We give an outline of a contsruction of Gromov-Witten invariants for all algebraic projective or closed symplectic manifolds. Mirror Symmetry in the basic example of rational curves on a quintic 3-folds is reduced to certain complicated but explicit identity. The strategy of computations can be described as follows: 1) we reduce counting problems to questions concerning Chern classes on spaces of curves on the ambient projective space, 2) using Bott's residue formula we pass to the space of (degenerate) curves invariant under the action of the group of diagonal matrices, 3) we get a sum over trees and evaluate it using the technique of Feynman diagrams. Our computation scheme gives ``closed'' formulas for generating functions in topological sigma-model for a wide class of manifolds, covering many Calabi-Yau and Fano varieties.

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arXiv1995

Quantum Cohomology of a Product

The operation of tensor product of Cohomological Field Theories (or algebras over genus zero moduli operad) introduced in an earlier paper by the authors is described in full detail, and the proof of a theorem on additive relations between strata classes is given. This operation is a version of the Kuenneth formula for quantum cohomology. In addition, rank one CohFT's are studied, and a generalization of Zograf's formula for Weil-Petersson volumes is suggested.

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arXiv1995

The Geometry of the Master Equation and Topological Quantum Field Theory

In Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism a classical mechanical system is specified by means of a solution to the {\sl classical master equation}. Geometrically such a solution can be considered as a $QP$-manifold, i.e. a super\m equipped with an odd vector field $Q$ obeying $\{Q,Q\}=0$ and with $Q$-invariant odd symplectic structure. We study geometry of $QP$-manifolds. In particular, we describe some construction of $QP$-manifolds and prove a classification theorem (under certain conditions). We apply these geometric constructions to obtain in natural way the action functionals of two-dimensional topological sigma-models and to show that the Chern-Simons theory in BV-formalism arises as a sigma-model with target space $Π{\cal G}$. (Here ${\cal G}$ stands for a Lie algebra and $Π$ denotes parity inversion.)

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arXiv1994

Gromov-Witten classes, quantum cohomology, and enumerative geometry

The paper is devoted to the mathematical aspects of topological quantum field theory and its applications to enumerative problems of algebraic geometry. In particular, it contains an axiomatic treatment of Gromov-Witten classes, and a discussion of their properties for Fano varieties. Cohomological Field Theories are defined, and it is proved that tree level theories are determined by their correlation functions. Applications to counting rational curves on del Pezzo surfaces and projective spaces are given.

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