The flag-manifold Coulomb-branch relations conjecture

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Let FlFl be the partial flag manifold with tautological bundles Si\mathcal{S}_i, let Xa(i)X_a^{(i)} be variables interpreted as exponentials of the Chern roots of Si\mathcal{S}_i, and let SkiS_{k_i} act by permuting the variables Xa(i)X_a^{(i)}. Let QKTℓ(Fl)QK_T^\ell(Fl) denote the quantum KK-ring twisted by

∏idet⁡−ℓi(Si).\prod_i\det^{-\ell_i}(\mathcal{S}_i).

Flag-manifold relations conjecture. For ℓ\ell in the geometric window, the ∏iSki\prod_i S_{k_i}-invariant combinations of the Coulomb-branch equations generate the ideal of relations in QKTℓ(Fl)QK_T^\ell(Fl).

This is the flag-manifold analogue of the Grassmannian conjecture. The source establishes the correspondence between the symbols of difference operators and the Coulomb-branch equations, but the asserted generation of the twisted relation ideal remains open.

References

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I. Huq-Kuruvilla, L. Mihalcea, E. Sharpe and H. Zhang, “Quantum K-theory levels in physics and math”, arXiv:2507.00116 (2025).

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