Asymptotic Riemann–Roch conjecture for the relative second Chern class

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Assume that the base field kk has characteristic zero. Let f:X~Xf:\tilde X\to X be the morphism under consideration, and let F\mathcal F be a rank rr vector bundle on X~\tilde X. Write χ(f,)\chi(f,-) for the relative Euler characteristic and c1(f,F)c_1(f,\mathcal F) and c2(f,F)c_2(f,\mathcal F) for the relative first and second Chern classes. Asymptotic Riemann–Roch conjecture. One expects

χ(f,SymmF)=mr+1r!(c1(f,F)2c2(f,F))+O(mr).\chi(f,\operatorname{Sym}^m\mathcal F)=-\frac{m^{r+1}}{r!}\left(c_1(f,\mathcal F)^2-c_2(f,\mathcal F)\right)+O(m^r).

This conjecturally characterizes the relative second Chern class in characteristic zero and is needed in arbitrary rank; the rank-two case is attributed in the source to work of Wang, with the arbitrary-rank version suggested by Langer. The source does not provide evidence of a resolution.

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Primary source

Adrian Langer, “Intersection theory and Chern classes on normal varieties”, arXiv:2210.08766 (2025).

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