Extended Heun Hierarchy in Quantum Seiberg-Witten Geometry
Abstract
We investigate the quantum geometry of the Seiberg-Witten curve for , linear quiver gauge theories. By applying the Weyl quantization prescription to the algebraic curve, we derive the corresponding second-order differential equation and demonstrate that it is isomorphic to the Extended Heun Equation with regular singular points. The physical parameters of the gauge theory are linked to the canonical coefficients of the Heun equation via a polynomial representation of the Seiberg-Witten curve. This framework provides the necessary mathematical foundation to apply non-perturbative gauge-theoretic techniques, such as instanton counting, to spectral problems in gravitational physics, most notably for higher-dimensional black holes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2601.05204,
title = {Extended Heun Hierarchy in Quantum Seiberg-Witten Geometry},
author = {Peng Yang and Yi-Rong Wang and Kilar Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.05204},
year = {2026}
}
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20 pages, 1 figure