Compactifying the Parameter Space for the Quantum Multiplication for Hypertoric Varieties
Jeremy Peters
TL;DR
The paper develops a rigorous framework for compactifying the parameter space of quantum multiplication on hypertoric varieties. It first encodes the quantum product via a holonomy-Lie-algebra structure and proves injectivity of the key map that connects the modified holonomy algebra to endomorphisms acting on equivariant cohomology. It then constructs a deConcini–Gaiffi–style compactification of toric arrangements by passing to a toric variety $X_\Sigma$, blowing up layers to obtain $Y_\Phi$, and finally extending the quantum-parameter map to $Q_\Phi: Y_\Phi \to Gr(k, \mathfrak{u}_\Phi^1)$; this extension also extends to the boundary divisors of $X_\Sigma$. The results provide a global, well-behaved parameter space for hypertoric quantum multiplication and connect the quantum deformation to stable-basis techniques and toric/hyperplane-arrangement geometry, opening avenues for studying the full quantum cohomology algebra in this setting.
Abstract
In this paper, we will be studying the parameter space for the quantum multiplication for hypertoric varieties. The operation of quantum multiplication for hypertoric varieties has an explicit formulation which is given by McBreen and Shenfeld. In particular, this multiplication depends on a parameter which lives in the complement of a toric arrangement. Following a paper of deConcini and Gaiffi, I will define a compactification of this parameter space and show how the quantum multiplication can be extended to this compactification.
