Gromov invariants for holomorphic maps from Riemann surfaces to Grassmannians

Bertram, Aaron; Daskalopoulos, Georgios; Wentworth, Richard

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-96-00190-7

Gromov invariants for holomorphic maps from Riemann surfaces to Grassmannians
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Abstract:

Two compactifications of the space of holomorphic maps of fixed degree from a compact Riemann surface to a Grassmannian are studied. It is shown that the Uhlenbeck compactification has the structure of a projective variety and is dominated by the algebraic compactification coming from the Grothendieck Quot Scheme. The latter may be embedded into the moduli space of solutions to a generalized version of the vortex equations studied by Bradlow. This gives an effective way of computing certain intersection numbers (known as “Gromov invariants”) on the space of holomorphic maps into Grassmannians. We carry out these computations in the case where the Riemann surface has genus one.

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