The cohomology of Kontesevich’s stack of stable maps to Pⁿ, the case of conics

In this thesis we consider the singular cohomology of M₀,₀(Pⁿ,2), the coarse moduli space associated to Kontsevich's stack of degree two stable maps to Pⁿ, M₀,₀(Pⁿ,2). We show that the cohomology ring is generated by a divisor d which corresponds to the locus of pairs (C,g) with C reducible, an...

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Main Author: O’Halloran, Anne Fionnuala
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13179