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Quantum differential and difference equations for $\mathrm{Hilb}^{n}(\mathbb{C}^2)$

Algebraic Geometry 2021-03-02 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider the quantum difference equation of the Hilbert scheme of points in C2\mathbb{C}^2. This equation is the K-theoretic generalization of the quantum differential equation discovered by A. Okounkov and R. Pandharipande. We obtain two explicit descriptions for the monodromy of these equations - representation-theoretic and algebro-geometric. In the representation-theoretic description, the monodromy acts via certain explicit elements in the quantum toroidal algebra gl1\frak{gl}_1. In the algebro-geometric description, the monodromy features as transition matrices between the stable envelope bases in the equivariant K-theory and elliptic cohomology. Using the second approach we identify the monodromy matrices for the differential equation with the K-theoretic RR-matrices of cyclic quiver varieties, which appear as subvarieties in the 3D3D-mirror Hilbert scheme. Most of the results in the paper are illustrated by explicit examples for cases n=2n=2 and n=3n=3 in the Appendix.

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@article{arxiv.2102.10726,
  title  = {Quantum differential and difference equations for $\mathrm{Hilb}^{n}(\mathbb{C}^2)$},
  author = {Andrey Smirnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.10726},
  year   = {2021}
}

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77 page, 5 figures

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