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Higher rank sheaves on threefolds and functional equations

Algebraic Geometry 2025-04-09 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider the moduli space of stable torsion free sheaves of any rank on a smooth projective threefold. The singularity set of a torsion free sheaf is the locus where the sheaf is not locally free. On a threefold it has dimension 1\leq 1. We consider the open subset of moduli space consisting of sheaves with empty or 0-dimensional singularity set. For fixed Chern classes c1,c2c_1,c_2 and summing over c3c_3, we show that the generating function of topological Euler characteristics of these open subsets equals a power of the MacMahon function times a Laurent polynomial. This Laurent polynomial is invariant under qq1q \leftrightarrow q^{-1} (upon replacing c1c1c_1 \leftrightarrow -c_1). For some choices of c1,c2c_1,c_2 these open subsets equal the entire moduli space. The proof involves wall-crossing from Quot schemes of a higher rank reflexive sheaf to a sublocus of the space of Pandharipande-Thomas pairs. We interpret this sublocus in terms of the singularities of the reflexive sheaf.

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@article{arxiv.1706.05246,
  title  = {Higher rank sheaves on threefolds and functional equations},
  author = {Amin Gholampour and Martijn Kool},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.05246},
  year   = {2025}
}

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29 pages. Published version

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