VafaWitten S-duality conjecture for SU(r) and SU(r)/Z_r

Let (S,H)(S,H) be a smooth polarized surface with H1(S,Z)=0H_1(S,\mathbb Z)=0 and pg(S)>0p_g(S)>0, and let rr be prime. Let c1H2(S,Z)c_1\in H^2(S,\mathbb Z) be algebraic. Write Zc1SU(r)(q)\mathsf{Z}^{\mathrm{SU}(r)}_{c_1}(q) and Zc1SU(r)/Zr(q)\mathsf{Z}^{\mathrm{SU}(r)/\mathbb Z_r}_{c_1}(q) for the corresponding VafaWitten partition functions, and set q=exp(2πiτ)q=\exp(2\pi i\tau) for τH\tau\in\mathfrak H. The associated meromorphic functions on H\mathfrak H are denoted by Zc1SU(r)(τ)\mathsf{Z}^{\mathrm{SU}(r)}_{c_1}(\tau) and Zc1SU(r)/Zr(τ)\mathsf{Z}^{\mathrm{SU}(r)/\mathbb Z_r}_{c_1}(\tau).

VafaWitten S-duality conjecture. The two partition functions are Fourier expansions of these meromorphic functions, which satisfy

Zc1SU(r)(1/τ)=(1)(r1)χ(OS)(rτi)e(S)2Zc1SU(r)/Zr(τ).\mathsf{Z}^{\mathrm{SU}(r)}_{c_1}(-1/\tau)=(-1)^{(r-1)\chi(\mathcal O_S)}\left(\frac{r\tau}{i}\right)^{-\frac{e(S)}{2}}\mathsf{Z}^{\mathrm{SU}(r)/\mathbb Z_r}_{c_1}(\tau).

This is the mathematical formulation of the VafaWitten S-duality prediction for these partition functions; the conjecture concerns the modular transformation under τ1/τ\tau\mapsto-1/\tau.

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Y. Jiang and M. Kool, “Twisted sheaves and SU(r) / Z_r Vafa-Witten theory”, arXiv:2006.10368 (2021).

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