Finite Quot scheme and tautological Chern-class conjecture

Fix n1n\geq 1, let en=(r,L,ch2(en))e_n=(r,-L,\operatorname{ch}_2(e_n)) be determined by χ(en,(1,0,n))=0\chi(e_n,(1,0,-n))=0, and set vn=en+(1,0,n)v_n=e_n+(1,0,-n). Let VnV_n be a vector bundle with Chern character vnv_n, and let E^n\hat E_n have Chern character ene_n^*. Denote by (Vn)[n](V_n^*)^{[n]} and detE^n[n]\det\hat E_n^{[n]} the corresponding tautological bundles on the Hilbert scheme S[n]S^{[n]}.

Finite Quot tautological Chern-class conjecture. One has

c2n((Vn)[n])=χ(S[n],detE^n[n]).c_{2n}\left((V_n^*)^{[n]}\right)=\chi\left(S^{[n]},\det\hat E_n^{[n]}\right).

This equality is motivated by interpreting the top Chern class as the expected count of sections whose induced map drops rank, and by the finite Quot scheme method. The source describes it as an expectation supported by numerical evidence; no proof or disproof is given.

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Drew Johnson, “Universal Series for Hilbert Schemes and Strange Duality”, arXiv:1708.05743 (2017).

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