Primitive invariants from laminations

Abstract

Combining geometric group theory techniques with geometric topology tools, we show how primitive cohomologies provide useful insights towards unifying the mathematical formulation of Gromov-Witten invariants. In particular, we emphasise the role played by geodesic laminations in analysing such invariants for the case of complete intersections in projective space.

37 pages, 9 figures, plus appendix and references. Submitted to peer review