The Gopakumar–Vafa/Pandharipande–Thomas correspondence

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Let XX be a Calabi–Yau threefold, let Pn(X,β)P_n(X,\beta) be the moduli space of stable pairs of class β\beta and Euler characteristic nn, and let Pn,βP_{n,\beta} be its stable pair invariant. Define

ZPT=nZβH2(X,Z)Pn,βqnQβ.Z_{PT}= \sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\sum_{\beta\in H_2(X,\mathbb{Z})}P_{n,\beta}q^nQ^\beta.

Let nβgn^g_\beta denote the Gopakumar–Vafa invariant in class β\beta and genus gg.

The Gopakumar–Vafa/Pandharipande–Thomas correspondence. One should have

ZPT=βH2(X,Z)(j=1(1+(1)j+1qjQβ)jnβ0g=1k=02g2(1+(1)gkqg1kQβ)(1)k+gnβg(2g2k)).Z_{PT}=\prod_{\beta\in H_2(X,\mathbb{Z})}\Biggl(\prod_{j=1}^\infty(1+(-1)^{j+1}q^jQ^\beta)^{jn^0_\beta}\cdot\prod_{g=1}^\infty\prod_{k=0}^{2g-2}\left(1+(-1)^{g-k}q^{g-1-k}Q^\beta\right)^{(-1)^{k+g}n^g_\beta\binom{2g-2}{k}}\Biggr).

This is the proposed relation between stable pair invariants and Gopakumar–Vafa invariants; the source presents it as a conjecture and does not give a resolution.

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Primary source

Lutian Zhao, “Gopakumar-Vafa Invariants and Macdonald Formula”, arXiv:2306.05547 (2026).

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