A definition of descendants at one point in graph calculus

We study the genus expansion of Barannikov-Kontsevich solutions of the WDVV equation. In terms of the related graph calculus, we give a definition of descendants at one point and prove that this definition satisfies the topological recursion relations in genera 0, 1, and 2, string and dilaton equations, and the pull-back formula.

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Published 1 January 2007