Quantum and Floer cohomology have the same ring structure
Sergey Piunikhin
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Sergey Piunikhin
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The action of the total cohomology $H^*(M)$ of the almost Kahler manifold $M$ on its Floer cohomology, int roduced originally by Floer, gives a new ring structure on $H^*(M)$. We prove that the total cohomology space $H^* (M)$, provided with this new ring structure, is isomorphic to the quantum cohomology ring. As a special case, we prove the the formula for the Floer cohomology ring of the complex grassmanians conjectured by Vafa and Witten.
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The action of the total cohomology $H^*(M)$ of the almost Kahler manifold $M$ on its Floer cohomology, int roduced originally by Floer, gives a new ring structure on $H^*(M)$. We prove that the total cohomology space $H^* (M)$, provided with this new ring structure, is isomorphic to the quantum cohomology ring. As a special case, we prove the the formula for the Floer cohomology ring of the complex grassmanians conjectured by Vafa and Witten.
Key concepts: Quantum cohomology, Quantum, Ring (chemistry), Mathematics, Pure mathematics, Cohomology, Physics, Equivariant cohomology