Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Cohomology and quantum cohomology |
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Differential equations and D-modules |
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Integrable systems |
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The many faces of cohomology |
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1 | (11) |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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Other versions of homology and cohomology |
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4 | (2) |
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How to think about homology and cohomology |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (3) |
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The symplectic volume function |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (21) |
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3-point Gromov-Witten invariants |
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12 | (4) |
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16 | (3) |
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Examples of the quantum cohomology algebra |
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19 | (10) |
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29 | (4) |
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The quantum differential equations |
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33 | (13) |
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Examples of quantum differential equations |
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39 | (4) |
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43 | (3) |
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Linear differential equations in general |
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46 | (54) |
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Ordinary differential equations |
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46 | (7) |
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Partial differential equations |
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53 | (9) |
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Differential equations with spectral parameter |
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62 | (5) |
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Flat connections from extensions of D-modules |
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67 | (4) |
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Appendix: connections in differential geometry |
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71 | (18) |
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Appendix: self-adjointness |
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89 | (11) |
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100 | (16) |
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100 | (2) |
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The cyclic structure and the J-function |
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102 | (4) |
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106 | (6) |
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Appendix: explicit formula for the J-function |
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112 | (4) |
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Abstract quantum cohomology |
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116 | (38) |
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The Birkhoff factorization |
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116 | (8) |
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Quantization of an algebra |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (5) |
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Abstract quantum cohomology |
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130 | (5) |
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Properties of abstract quantum cohomology |
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135 | (3) |
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Computations for Fano type examples |
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138 | (6) |
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Beyond Fano type examples |
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144 | (8) |
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Towards integrable systems |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (28) |
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155 | (5) |
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160 | (4) |
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Harmonic maps into Lie groups |
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164 | (7) |
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Harmonic maps into symmetric spaces |
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171 | (5) |
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Pluriharmonic maps (and quantum cohomology) |
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176 | (2) |
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Summary: zero curvature equations |
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178 | (4) |
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Solving integrable systems |
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182 | (41) |
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183 | (3) |
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The fundamental construction |
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186 | (5) |
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Solving the KdV equation: the Guiding Principle |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (5) |
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Solving the KdV equation: summary |
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202 | (4) |
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Solving the harmonic map equation |
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206 | (12) |
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218 | (1) |
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Appendix: the Birkhoff and Iwasawa decompositions |
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219 | (4) |
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Quantum cohomology as an integrable system |
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223 | (20) |
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224 | (5) |
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229 | (7) |
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236 | (3) |
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Semisimple Frobenius manifolds |
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239 | (4) |
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Integrable systems and quantum cohomology |
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243 | (50) |
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Motivation: variations of Hodge structure (VHS) |
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244 | (11) |
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Mirror symmetry: an example |
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255 | (10) |
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265 | (5) |
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270 | (6) |
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Integrable systems of mirror symmetry type |
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276 | (11) |
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287 | (6) |
References |
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293 | (10) |
Index |
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