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

Let ΛS\Lambda_S be the lattice of a del Pezzo surface. Let v0,v0ΛSv_0,v'_0\in\Lambda_S be null vectors satisfying

v0v0=1,r1c1v0=c1v0.v_0\cdot v'_0=1,\qquad r_1\equiv c_1\cdot v_0=c_1\cdot v'_0.

Let {EI}I=1b22\{E_I\}_{I=1}^{b_2-2} be an orthonormal basis of the orthogonal complement of v0v_0 and v0v'_0, and set

κ=r12,κI=c1EI.\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 v0v'_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.

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

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