The log product formula

Abstract

We prove a formula expressing the Log Gromov-Witten Invariants of a product of log smooth varieties $V \times W$ in terms of the invariants of $V$ and $W$. This extends results of F. Qu and Y.P. Lee, who introduced this formula analogously to K. Behrend. The proof requires notions of "log normal cone" and "log virtual fundamental class," as well as modified versions of standard intersection-theoretic machinery adapted to Log Geometry.