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Low degree GW invariants of surfaces II

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We prove a conjectural formula of Maulik-Pandharipande on the degree one and two GW invariants of a surface with a smooth canonical divisor. We use the method of degeneration and the localized GW invariants introduced by the authors.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Research Institute of Mathematics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-747, Korea

    Young-Hoon Kiem

  2. Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Jun Li

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To Fabrizio Catanese on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday

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Kiem, YH., Li, J. Low degree GW invariants of surfaces II. Sci. China Math. 54, 1679–1706 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-011-4258-x

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