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The generic Markov CoHA is not spherically generated

Representation Theory 2025-02-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Let QQ be the Markov quiver, and let WW be an infinitely mutable potential for QQ. We calculate some low degree refined BPS invariants for the resulting Jacobi algebra, and use them to show that the critical cohomological Hall algebra HQ,W\mathcal{H}_{Q,W} is not necessarily spherically generated, and is not independent of the choice of infinitely mutable potential WW. This leads to a counterexample to a conjecture of Gaiotto, Grygoryev and Li \cite[\S 2.1]{GGL}, but also suggestions for how to modify it. In the case of generic cubic WW, we discuss a way to modify the conjecture, by excluding the non-spherical part via the decomposition of HQ,W\mathcal{H}_{Q,W} according to the characters of a discrete symmetry group.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2502.05009,
  title  = {The generic Markov CoHA is not spherically generated},
  author = {Ben Davison},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.05009},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

14 pages, comments very welcome

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