Donaldson–Scaduto conjecture on associative pairs of pants

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=(ω1αi,ω2αi,ω3αi)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.

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

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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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