Problems / geometry-topology
geometry-topology / Algebraic geometry; Gromov-Witten theory
The Virasoro conjecture for smooth complete intersections in projective space (and its transfer to projective bundles)
Principal theorem: for a smooth complete intersection X⊂PCN, LkXZX=0 for all k≥−1 in Getzler's first-Hodge-degree superspace convention, coefficientwise in every genus and curve class, with arbitrary insertions from H∗(X;C). Companion: if the full constraints hold for a smooth connected projective base B, they hold for PB(E) for any algebraic vector bundle E of rank at least 2 (no splitting or positivity), hence for projective-bundle towers. The conjecture for general smooth projective varieties (for example general hypersurfaces in other ambients, or varieties with no degeneration to known pieces) remains open.