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Factorizations of 3d Interval Partition Functions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-09-30 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We show that interval partition functions (transition amplitudes) of three-dimensional N=2N = 2 theories admit factorizations into sums of products of hemisphere partition functions with additional normalization factors. We prove the factorization explicitly for supersymmetric quantum electrodynamics and Chern-Simons-Yang-Mills theories. In the former case, we interpret the factorization geometrically in terms of the factorization of equivariant K-theory classes. In the latter case, we prove that hemisphere partition functions are affine characters and determine the normalization factors explicitly in special cases.

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@article{arxiv.2509.23902,
  title  = {Factorizations of 3d Interval Partition Functions},
  author = {Boan Zhao and Panos Betzios and Paul Luis Roehl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.23902},
  year   = {2025}
}
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