The local-cohomology interpretation of the character-variety partition function

Let LHilbn(C2)L\subset\mathrm{Hilb}_n(\mathbb C^2) be the Lagrangian cut out by i=1nxir=0\sum_{i=1}^n x_i^r=0 for r>0r>0, let PP be the Procesi bundle, let Ω\Omega^* be the bundle of differential forms, and let HLnH_L^n denote local cohomology supported on LL. Let HBM(H_*^{\mathrm{BM}}(Higgs moduli stack)) denote Borel–Moore homology of the Higgs moduli stack. Local-cohomology interpretation.

HLn(Pk(Ω)gO(g1))HBM(Higgs moduli stack).H_L^n\bigl(P^{\otimes k}\otimes(\Omega^*)^{\otimes g}\otimes O(g-1)\bigr)^\vee\cong H_*^{\mathrm{BM}}(\text{Higgs moduli stack}).

This is proposed as a geometric interpretation of the partition-function identity, replacing global sections by local cohomology; the supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Anton Mellit, “Cohomology rings of character varieties”, arXiv:2507.12454 (2025).

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