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Is there a formula for the number of rational cuspidal curves in surfaces other than P^2?

Let $M$ be a two dimensional compact complex manifold and $A \in H_2(M, \mathbb{Z})$ a fixed homology class. Define a rational curve in $M$ to be $\textit{1-cuspidal}$ if the singularities of the ...
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Is P^2 important in Kontsevich's recursion formula?

There is a famous recursion formula by Kontsevich to find the number of genus zero degree $d$ curves in $\mathbb{CP}^2$ through $3d-1$ points. My question is the following: Let $S$ be a complex ...
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