MNOP correspondence for projective threefolds

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Let XX be a projective threefold, let β∈H2(X)\beta\in H_2(X) be a homology class, and let γ1,…,γr∈H∗(X)\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_r\in H^*(X) be cohomology classes. Let GW(X,β;γ1,…,γr)∈Q((u))\mathrm{GW}(X,\beta;\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_r)\in\mathbb Q((u)) and PT(X,β;γ1,…,γr)∈Z((q))\mathrm{PT}(X,\beta;\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_r)\in\mathbb Z((q)) be the Gromov–Witten and Pandharipande–Thomas invariants, respectively. A pair of formal Laurent series satisfies the MNOP correspondence when the PT series is a rational function of qq whose evaluation at q=−eiuq=-e^{iu} equals the GW series.

MNOP correspondence. The invariants

(−iu)⟨c1(TX),β⟩GW(X,β;γ1,…,γr)(-iu)^{\langle c_1(TX),\beta\rangle}\mathrm{GW}(X,\beta;\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_r)

and

(−q)−⟨c1(TX),β⟩/2PT(X,β;γ1,…,γr)(-q)^{-\langle c_1(TX),\beta\rangle/2}\mathrm{PT}(X,\beta;\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_r)

satisfy the MNOP correspondence. This is the Gromov–Witten/Pandharipande–Thomas form of the original MNOP conjecture; the source attributes the related conjectures to Maulik–Nekrasov–Okounkov–Pandharipande and to Pandharipande–Thomas, with Donaldson–Thomas/Pandharipande–Thomas equivalence supplied by Bridgeland.

References

Primary source

John Pardon, “Universally counting curves in Calabi–Yau threefolds”, arXiv:2308.02948 (2025).

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