Birational Invariants from Hodge Structures and Quantum Multiplication
This paper introduces "Hodge atoms," new birational invariants constructed by combining rational Gromov-Witten invariants with Hodge theory via F-bundles, which are used to prove the irrationality of very general cubic fourfolds, reprove the equality of Hodge numbers for birational Calabi-Yau manifolds, and provide new obstructions to rationality over non-algebraically closed fields.
Ludmil Katzarkov, Maxim Kontsevich, Tony Pantev, Tony Yue YUMon, 09 Ma🔢 math