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Quantum K-theory and q-difference Equations

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This is a set of lecture notes for the first author’s lectures on the difference equations in 2019 at the Institute of Advanced Study for Mathematics at Zhejiang University. We focus on explicit computations and examples. The convergence of local solutions is discussed.

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Acknowledgements

These lectures were held at the Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics at Zhejiang University. We express our special thanks to the institute for its wonderful environment and support. The second author would like to thank Prof. Bohan Fang, Prof. Huijun Fan, and Prof. Shuai Guo for their helpful support during the visit, and also wants to thank Prof. Choi for his support.

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  1. Institute of Advanced Study for Mathematics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China

    Yong Bin Ruan

  2. Korea Institute for Advanced Study, 85 Hoegiro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 02455, Republic of Korea

    Yao Xiong Wen

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Dedicated to Professor Banghe Li on His 80th Birthday

The second author is supported by a KIAS Individual Grant (MG083901) at Korea Institute for Advanced Study and a POSCO Science fellowship

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Ruan, Y.B., Wen, Y.X. Quantum K-theory and q-difference Equations. Acta. Math. Sin.-English Ser. 38, 1677–1704 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10114-022-1616-2

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