WDVV-based recursion for open Gromov-Witten invariants

Abstract

We give a computability result for open Gromov-Witten invariants based on open WDVV equations. This is analogous to the result of Kontsevich-Manin for closed Gromov-Witten invariants. For greater generality, we base the argument on a formal object, the Frobenius superpotential, that generalizes several different definitions of open Gromov-Witten invariants. As an application, we prove vanishing properties for open Gromov-Witten invariants on products of projective spaces.

48 pages; minor corrections, minor modifications in Section 4; to appear in the Journal of Topology