| Résume | The geometry of logarithmic structures and orbifolds offer two routes to the enumeration of curves with tangencies along a divisor in a projective manifold. The theories are quite different in nature: the logarithmic theory has rich connection to combinatorics and mirror symmetry via tropical geometry, while the orbifold geometry is closer in its formal properties to ordinary Gromov-Witten theory, and is more computable as a consequence. I will discuss the relationship between the theories, and try to give a sense of where and why they differ. I will then outline the ideas behind recent work with Nabijou and work in progress with Battistella and Nabijou, which determines genus 0 logarithmic GW theory via the orbifold geometry. |
