The fiber-base duality conjecture for Vafa-Witten generating functions

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Let ΛS\Lambda_S be the lattice of a del Pezzo surface. Let v0,v0′∈ΛSv_0,v'_0\in\Lambda_S be null vectors satisfying

v0⋅v0′=1,r1≡c1⋅v0=c1⋅v0′.v_0\cdot v'_0=1,\qquad r_1\equiv c_1\cdot v_0=c_1\cdot v'_0.

Let {EI}I=1b2−2\{E_I\}_{I=1}^{b_2-2} be an orthonormal basis of the orthogonal complement of v0v_0 and v0′v'_0, and set

κ=r12,κI=∣c1⋅EI∣.\kappa=\frac{r_1}{2},\qquad \kappa_I=|c_1\cdot E_I|.

The parameters satisfy the condition stated in the source. Fiber-base duality conjecture. The two sets of generating functions constructed from v0v_0 and v0′v'_0, using the stated construction with ϕN,μ\phi_{N,\mu} given by the universal holomorphic ambiguity, are equal:

gN,μ[v0]=gN,μ[v0′].g_{N,\mu}[v_0]=g_{N,\mu}[v'_0].

This generalizes the fiber-base duality relation from Hirzebruch surfaces to del Pezzo surfaces and is supported in the source by explicit checks and numerical evidence, but is not proved in general.

References

Primary source

Sergei Alexandrov, “Vafa-Witten invariants from modular anomaly”, arXiv:2005.03680 (2020).

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