The virtual Todd class formula for almost perfect obstruction theories

Suppose that f ⁣:XYf\colon X\to Y is a morphism equipped with an almost perfect obstruction theory with virtual tangent class [TX/Y][ObX]K0(X)[T_{X/Y}]-[\mathcal{O}b_X]\in K_0(X). Assume that this class lies in the image of the natural map

κ ⁣:K0(X)K0(X),\kappa\colon K^0(X)\longrightarrow K_0(X),

so that [TX/Y][ObX]=κ(F)[T_{X/Y}]-[\mathcal{O}b_X]=\kappa(F) for some FK0(X)F\in K^0(X). Virtual Todd class conjecture. For any FK0(X)F\in K^0(X) satisfying

κ(F)=[TX/Y][ObX],\kappa(F)=[T_{X/Y}]-[\mathcal{O}b_X],

we have

tdvir(X/Y)=td(F)[X]vir.\mathop{\rm td}\nolimits^{\mathrm{vir}}(X/Y)=\mathop{\rm td}\nolimits(F)\cap[X]^{\mathrm{vir}}.

This would extend the usual virtual Riemann–Roch expression from perfect obstruction theories to almost perfect obstruction theories, where the relevant KK-theory class need not itself be represented by a global complex of vector bundles. The preceding proposition establishes the formula when the almost perfect obstruction theory is induced by a perfect obstruction theory with a global locally free resolution; the general case remains open.

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Primary source

Michail Savvas, “Virtual Riemann-Roch Theorems for Almost Perfect Obstruction Theories”, arXiv:2207.14397 (2023).

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