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We study the Chern-Simons partition function of orthogonal quantum group invariants, and propose a new orthogonal Labastida-Mari\~{n}o-Ooguri-Vafa conjecture as well as degree conjecture for free energy associated to the orthogonal…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2010-07-12 Lin Chen , Qingtao Chen

The Nekrasov instanton partition function of the 4d $\mathcal{N}=2^*$ $U(N)$ gauge theory (a mass deformation of 4d $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory), which is a generating series of equivariant integrals over instanton moduli…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-24 Bruno Le Floch

Multi-parametric families of AdS$_{4}$ vacua with various amounts of supersymmetry and residual gauge symmetry are found in the $\,[\textrm{SO}(1,1) \times \textrm{SO}(6)] \ltimes \mathbb{R}^{12}\,$ maximal supergravity that arises from the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-26 Adolfo Guarino , Colin Sterckx , Mario Trigiante

The ${\cal R}^2$ scale invariant gravity theory coupled to conformally invariant matter is investigated. We show that in the non-supersymmetric case the conformally coupled scalars belong to an $SO(1, 1+n)/SO(1+n)$ manifold, while in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 Costas Kounnas , Dieter Lüst , Nicolaos Toumbas

We give further support for our conjecture relating eigenvalue distributions of the Kapustin-Willett-Yaakov matrix model in the large N limit to numbers of operators in the chiral ring of the corresponding supersymmetric three-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 Daniel R. Gulotta , Christopher P. Herzog , Silviu S. Pufu

We prove a conjecture of Durr, Kabanov and Okonek which provides an algebro-geometric theory of Seiberg-Witten invariants for all smooth projective surfaces. Our main technique is the cosection localization principle of virtual cycles.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-05-07 Huai-liang Chang , Young-Hoon Kiem

We propose localization techniques for computing Gromov-Witten invariants of maps from Riemann surfaces with boundaries into a Calabi-Yau, with the boundaries mapped to a Lagrangian submanifold. The computations can be expressed in terms of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Tom Graber , Eric Zaslow

We construct elements in the $K_4$ group of modular curves using the polylogarithmic complexes of weight 3 defined by Goncharov and De Jeu. The construction is uniform in the level and relies on new modular units arising as cross-ratios of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-03 François Brunault

We study modular invariants arising in the four-point functions of the stress tensor multiplet operators of the ${\cal N} = 4$ $SU(N)$ super-Yang-Mills theory, in the limit where $N$ is taken to be large while the complexified Yang-Mills…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-12 Shai M. Chester , Michael B. Green , Silviu S. Pufu , Yifan Wang , Congkao Wen

By regarding gravity as the convolution of left and right Yang-Mills theories together with a spectator scalar field in the bi-adjoint representation, we derive in linearised approximation the gravitational symmetries of general covariance,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-10 A. Anastasiou , L. Borsten , M. J. Duff , L. J. Hughes , S. Nagy

We define invariants for colored oriented spatial graphs by generalizing CM invariants, which were defined via non-integral highest weight representations of $U_q(sl_2)$. We apply the same method to define Yokota's invariants, and we call…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Atsuhiko Mizusawa , Jun Murakami

We conjecture a structure formula for the $\mathrm{SU}(r)$ Vafa-Witten partition function for surfaces with holomorphic 2-form. The conjecture is based on $S$-duality and a structure formula for the vertical contribution previously derived…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-09 L. Göttsche , M. Kool , T. Laarakker

We conjecture a formula for the virtual elliptic genera of moduli spaces of rank 2 sheaves on minimal surfaces $S$ of general type. We express our conjecture in terms of the Igusa cusp form $\chi_{10}$ and Borcherds type lifts of three…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Lothar Göttsche , Martijn Kool

We compute the Moore-Witten regularized u-plane integral on CP^2, and we confirm their conjecture that it is the generating function for the SO(3)-Donaldson invariants of CP^2. We prove this conjecture using the theory of mock theta…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-04-13 Andreas Malmendier , Ken Ono

The duality between $E_8\times E_8$ heteritic string on manifold $K3\times T^2$ and Type IIA string compactified on a Calabi-Yau manifold induces a correspondence between vector bundles on $K3\times T^2$ and Calabi-Yau manifolds. Vector…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-21 T. V. Obikhod

Topologically twisted $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super Yang-Mills theory has a partition function that counts Euler numbers of instanton moduli spaces. On the manifold $\mathbb{P}^2$ and with gauge group $\mathrm{U}(3)$ this partition function has a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Kathrin Bringmann , Caner Nazaroglu

We pursue a uniform quantization of all twists of 4-dimensional N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, using the BV formalism, and we explore consequences for factorization algebras of observables. Our central result is the construction of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-08-31 Chris Elliott , Owen Gwilliam , Brian R Williams

We formulate the Asymptotic Expansion Conjecture for the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev quantum invariants of closed oriented three manifolds. For finite order mapping tori, we study these quantum invariants via the geometric gauge theory…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2011-05-02 Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen

We describe the possible noncommutative deformations of complex projective three-space by exhibiting the Calabi--Yau algebras that serve as their homogeneous coordinate rings. We prove that the space parametrizing such deformations has…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2014-03-26 Brent Pym

In this article, using the recent theory of noncommutative motives, we compute the additive invariants of orbifolds (equipped with a sheaf of Azumaya algebras) using solely "fixed-point data". As a consequence, we recover, in a unified and…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-04-13 Goncalo Tabuada , Michel Van den Bergh