Donaldson–Scaduto conjecture on associative pairs of pants

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Let (X4,ω1,ω2,ω3)(X^4,\omega_1,\omega_2,\omega_3) be a hyperkähler K3K3 surface, and let α1,α2,α3\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\alpha_3 be irreducible (−2)(-2)-classes in H2(X4;Z)H^2(X^4;\mathbb{Z}) satisfying α1+α2+α3=0\alpha_1+\alpha_2+\alpha_3=0. For each ii, let vi=(ω1⋅αi,ω2⋅αi,ω3⋅αi)∈R3v_i=(\omega_1\cdot\alpha_i,\omega_2\cdot\alpha_i,\omega_3\cdot\alpha_i)\in\mathbb{R}^3, let JiJ_i be the corresponding complex structure, let Σi\Sigma_i be the unique smooth embedded JiJ_i-holomorphic sphere representing αi\alpha_i, and set Pi:=Σi×(R+⋅vi)⊂X4×R3P_i:=\Sigma_i\times(\mathbb{R}^+\cdot v_i)\subset X^4\times\mathbb{R}^3. Donaldson–Scaduto conjecture. There is a unique associative submanifold PP in X4×R3X^4\times\mathbb{R}^3 with three ends asymptotic to cylinders P1P_1, P2P_2, and P3P_3. The existence of such an associative pair of pants was previously proved, and this paper proves uniqueness, so the conjecture is solved.

References

Primary source

Gorapada Bera, Saman Habibi Esfahani and Yang Li, “Uniqueness in the local Donaldson-Scaduto conjecture”, arXiv:2412.19219 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2401.15432.

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