Mirror enumerative correspondence for Hitchin moduli spaces

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Let M\mathcal{M} be an SU(2)SU(2) Hitchin moduli space with prescribed singularities, and let M^\hat{\mathcal{M}} be its SYZ mirror, an PGL(2)PGL(2) Hitchin moduli space with prescribed singularities. Hitchin mirror enumerative conjecture. The enumerative problem of holomorphic disks wrapping special Lagrangian fibers in M^\hat{\mathcal{M}} is equivalent to the enumerative problem of critical trajectories of quadratic-differential foliations on the Riemann surface. This is presented as a conjectural full mirror statement; the SYZ mirror with prescribed singularities and even the precise disk-counting problem require further formulation.

References

Primary source

Wenxuan Lu, “Instanton Correction, Wall Crossing And Mirror Symmetry Of Hitchin's Moduli Spaces”, arXiv:1010.3388 (2011).

Progress summary

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Claimed progress

A 2010 paper established a substantial mirror-symmetry framework, but the exact equivalence between disk counts and trajectory counts remains unformulated or unproved.

The conjecture asks whether holomorphic-disk enumeration on the PGL(2)PGL(2) mirror of an SU(2)SU(2) Hitchin moduli space matches critical trajectories of quadratic-differential foliations. No source identifies a proposer or gives a definitive formulation of the full singular case.

Known results

  • A 2010 paper constructs compatible Gross–Siebert consistent structures for SU(2)SU(2) Hitchin spaces with prescribed singularities.
  • Its instanton corrections from logarithmic morphisms correspond to critical trajectories of quadratic differentials, and the resulting toric degeneration has generic fiber isomorphic to the Hitchin moduli space.
  • A 2012 paper establishes the SL(2)SL(2)/SO(3)SO(3) SYZ-mirror relationship near singular fibers.
  • These results concern instanton corrections and mirror geometry, not a rigorous equality of holomorphic-disk counts with trajectory counts.

2010 partial result

The 2010 work presents the construction as a nontrivial mirror-symmetry result, but explicitly notes that the physical-brane and holomorphic-disk interpretation is difficult to justify mathematically in general. No retrieved source reports a later proof, counterexample, or verification of the full enumerative correspondence.

Current status (as of August 2026): The mirror framework and trajectory-side instanton correspondence have substantial partial results, but the full holomorphic-disk enumerative statement, especially with prescribed singularities, remains open.

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