The refined Gopakumar–Vafa/Pandharipande–Thomas correspondence

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Let Pn(X,β)P_n(X,\beta) be the moduli space of Pandharipande–Thomas stable pairs, let [Pn(X,β)]vir[P_n(X,\beta)]_{\mathrm{vir}} be the refined virtual class, and define the motivic stable-pair generating series

ZPTr=nZβH2(X,Z)[Pn(X,β)]virqnQβ.Z_{PT}^r=\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\sum_{\beta\in H_2(X,\mathbb{Z})}[P_n(X,\beta)]_{\mathrm{vir}}q^nQ^\beta.

For half-integers jL,jRj_L,j_R, let mLm_L and mRm_R range from jL-j_L to jLj_L and from jR-j_R to jRj_R, respectively, and let NjL,jRβN_{j_L,j_R}^\beta be the refined Gopakumar–Vafa invariants.

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

ZPTr=jL,jR12ZmL=jLjLmR=jRjRm=1j=0m1(1(q)m2mLLm/2+1/2+jmR)(1)2jL+2jRNjL,jRβ.Z_{PT}^r=\prod_{j_L,j_R\in\frac12\mathbb{Z}}\prod_{m_L=-j_L}^{j_L}\prod_{m_R=-j_R}^{j_R}\prod_{m=1}^\infty\prod_{j=0}^{m-1}\left(1-(-q)^{m-2m_L}\mathbb{L}^{-m/2+1/2+j-m_R}\right)^{(-1)^{2j_L+2j_R}N_{j_L,j_R}^\beta}.

This is the refined motivic version of the GV/PT correspondence. It is stated conditionally on the orientation and perverse-sheaf construction above, and the source gives no resolution.

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Primary source

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

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