Donovan–Wemyss conjecture for contraction algebras

Let X1SpecR1\mathcal{X}_1\to\operatorname{Spec}\mathcal{R}_1 and X2SpecR2\mathcal{X}_2\to\operatorname{Spec}\mathcal{R}_2 be crepant contractions as in the two situations described above, with Xi\mathcal{X}_i smooth and Ri\mathcal{R}_i complete local cDV singularities. Let Acon\mathrm{A}_{\mathrm{con}} and Bcon\mathrm{B}_{\mathrm{con}} be their contraction algebras, and assume that each contraction has only one curve.

Donovan–Wemyss conjecture. The base singularities are isomorphic if and only if the contraction algebras are isomorphic:

R1R2    AconBcon.\mathcal{R}_1\cong\mathcal{R}_2\iff \mathrm{A}_{\mathrm{con}}\cong\mathrm{B}_{\mathrm{con}}.

This conjecture asserts that, for smooth crepant contractible curve neighbourhoods, the contraction algebra is a complete invariant of the corresponding singularity. The divisor-to-curve case remains open.

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Primary source

Gavin Brown and Michael Wemyss, “Noncommutative Singularity Theory”, arXiv:2410.21500 (2024).

Additional references

10 papers in this index state this conjecture (2016–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2301.11593, arXiv:2003.05439, arXiv:1911.09626, arXiv:1903.12156, arXiv:1810.10060, arXiv:1803.06128, arXiv:1801.05687, arXiv:1610.05467, arXiv:1601.04881.

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