Deformation Theory of Log Pseudo-holomorphic Curves and Logarithmic Ruan–Tian Perturbations

Abstract

In a previous paper (Farajzadeh-Tehrani in Geom Topol 26:989–1075, 2022), for any logarithmic symplectic pair (X, D) of a symplectic manifold X and a simple normal crossings symplectic divisor D, we introduced the notion of log pseudo-holomorphic curve and proved a compactness theorem for the moduli spaces of stable log curves. In this paper, we introduce a natural Fredholm setup for studying the deformation theory of log (and relative) curves. As a result, we obtain a logarithmic analog of the space of Ruan–Tian perturbations for these moduli spaces. For a generic compatible pair of an almost complex structure and a log perturbation term, we prove that the subspace of simple maps in each stratum is cut transversely. Such perturbations enable a geometric construction of Gromov–Witten type invariants for certain semi-positive pairs (X, D) in arbitrary genera. In future works, we will use local perturbations and a gluing theorem to construct log Gromov–Witten invariants of arbitrary such pair (X, D).

Keywords

Gromov–Witten invariants / Ruan–Tian perturbations / Normal crossing divisors / 53D45 / 14N35

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Funding

Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences(DMS-2003340)

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