Three-way desingularization conjecture for associative T2T^2-cone singularities

Let (ψt)t(T,T)(\psi_t)_{t\in(-T,T)} be a 11-parameter family of closed, tamed, definite 44-forms on YY. Let P^\hat P be an unobstructed singular associative submanifold in (Y,ψ0)(Y,\psi_0) with a unique singularity at xx modeled on L^\hat L. Let δ1,δ2,γR\delta_1,\delta_2,\gamma\in\mathbf R be the associated constants. Three-way desingularization conjecture. For a generic family, if δ10\delta_1\neq0, δ20\delta_2\neq0, δ1δ2\delta_1\neq\delta_2, and γ0\gamma\neq0, then for sufficiently small ε>0\varepsilon>0 there are three unobstructed associative immersions ιεi:PiY\iota^i_\varepsilon:P^i\to Y, i=1,2,3i=1,2,3, at parameters ti(ε)t_i(\varepsilon), each close to P^\hat P away from xx and to the corresponding local model LεiL^i_\varepsilon near xx. Their domains are obtained by Dehn filling P^=P^\Bσ(x)\hat P^\circ=\hat P{\backslash} B_\sigma(x) along the slopes μi=(0,1),(1,0),(1,1)\mu_i=(0,1),(-1,0),(1,-1), and

t1(ε)=δ2γε+O(ε2),t2(ε)=δ1γε+O(ε2),t3(ε)=δ2δ1γε+O(ε2).t_1(\varepsilon)=-\frac{\delta_2}{\gamma}\varepsilon+O(\varepsilon^2),\qquad t_2(\varepsilon)=\frac{\delta_1}{\gamma}\varepsilon+O(\varepsilon^2),\qquad t_3(\varepsilon)=\frac{\delta_2-\delta_1}{\gamma}\varepsilon+O(\varepsilon^2).

This predicts three possible smoothings of the singular associative and describes the corresponding first-order parameter shifts in a generic one-parameter deformation. It is intended to explain the wall-crossing transition associated with an isolated associative singularity modeled on the cone over T2T^2.

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Aleksander Doan and Thomas Walpuski, “On counting associative submanifolds and Seiberg-Witten monopoles”, arXiv:1712.08383 (2018).

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