Combinatorial G\"ottsche-Schroeter invariants in any genus

Abstract

G\"ottsche-Schroeter invariants are a genus 0 extension of Block-G\"ottsche invariants. They interpolate between Welschinger invariants involving pairs of complex conjugated points and genus 0 descendant Gromov-Witten invariants. They can be computed by a floor diagram algorithm. In this paper, we show that this floor diagrams recipe actually leads to some invariants in any genus. This generalizes G\"ottsche-Schroter invariant in higher genus in a combinatorial way. We then prove some polynomiality result and establish a link with invariants defined by Shustin and Sinichkin. We provide many examples. In particular, we conjecture that these combinatorial invariants satisfy the Abramovich-Bertram formula.