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Mathematics 2013
Quantum homology of compact convex symplectic manifoldsAbstract: We study the space of pseudo-holomorphic spheres in compact symplectic manifolds with convex boundary. We show that the theory of Gromov-Witten invariants can be extended to the class of semi-positive manifolds with convex boundary. This leads to a deformation of intersection products on the absolute and relative singular homologies. As a result, absolute and relative quantum homology algebras are defined analogously to the case of closed symplectic manifolds. In addition, we prove the Poincar\'{e}-Lefschetz duality for the absolute and relative quantum homology algebras.
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