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arxiv: 0712.4021 · v4 · pith:US6CBDHZnew · submitted 2007-12-24 · 🧮 math.AG · hep-th· math-ph· math.MP· math.SG

The Witten equation, mirror symmetry and quantum singularity theory

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keywords theorysingularityade-singularitiesconjecturecorrespondinghierarchieswittenade-integrable
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For any non-degenerate, quasi-homogeneous hypersurface singularity, we describe a family of moduli spaces, a virtual cycle, and a corresponding cohomological field theory associated to the singularity. This theory is analogous to Gromov-Witten theory and generalizes the theory of r-spin curves, which corresponds to the simple singularity A_{r-1}. We also resolve two outstanding conjectures of Witten. The first conjecture is that ADE-singularities are self-dual; and the second conjecture is that the total potential functions of ADE-singularities satisfy corresponding ADE-integrable hierarchies. Other cases of integrable hierarchies are also discussed.

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