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Logarithmic Donaldson-Thomas theory

Algebraic Geometry 2024-01-08 v4

Abstract

Let XX be a smooth threefold with a simple normal crossings divisor DD. We construct the Donaldson-Thomas theory of the pair (XD)(X|D) enumerating ideal sheaves on XX relative to DD. These moduli spaces are compactified by studying subschemes in expansions of the target geometry, and the moduli space carries a virtual fundamental class leading to numerical invariants with expected properties. We formulate punctual evaluation, rationality and wall-crossing conjectures, in parallel with the standard theory. Our formalism specializes to the Li-Wu theory of relative ideal sheaves when the divisor is smooth, and is parallel to recent work on logarithmic Gromov-Witten theory with expansions.

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@article{arxiv.2006.06603,
  title  = {Logarithmic Donaldson-Thomas theory},
  author = {Davesh Maulik and Dhruv Ranganathan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.06603},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

v4: 71 pages. Expository changes. Final version to appear in Forum of Mathematics, Pi

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