Higher-rank DT/PT correspondence for the four-fold vertex with leg boundary conditions

Let πa\vec{\pi}_a be nn-tuples of plane partitions for the four legs, and let v=(v1,,vn)\vec{v}=(v_1,\ldots,v_n) and w=(w1,,wn)\vec{w}=(w_1,\ldots,w_n) be the flavor fugacities of the nn D8 and D8' branes. Denote the corresponding higher-rank Donaldson–Thomas and Pandharipande–Thomas partition functions by Zπ1π2π3π4DT,JK\mathcal{Z}^{\mathrm{DT}\\,\mathrm{JK}}_{\vec{\pi}_1\vec{\pi}_2\vec{\pi}_3\vec{\pi}_4} and Zπ1π2π3π4PT,JK\mathcal{Z}^{\mathrm{PT}\\,\mathrm{JK}}_{\vec{\pi}_1\vec{\pi}_2\vec{\pi}_3\vec{\pi}_4}. Higher-rank DT/PT correspondence for leg boundary conditions. One has

Zπ1π2π3π4DT,JK[q,q1,2,3,4]=MF[α=1nwαvα]Zπ1π2π3π4PT,JK[q,q1,2,3,4].\mathcal{Z}^{\mathrm{DT}\\,\mathrm{JK}}_{\vec{\pi}_1\vec{\pi}_2\vec{\pi}_3\vec{\pi}_4}[\mathfrak{q},q_{1,2,3,4}]=\operatorname{MF}\left[\prod_{\alpha=1}^{n}\frac{w_{\alpha}}{v_{\alpha}}\right]\mathcal{Z}^{\mathrm{PT}\\,\mathrm{JK}}_{\vec{\pi}_1\vec{\pi}_2\vec{\pi}_3\vec{\pi}_4}[\mathfrak{q},q_{1,2,3,4}].

This asserts the DT/PT correspondence for arbitrary rank and four-leg plane-partition boundary conditions; its resolution is not supplied in the source.

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Primary source

Taro Kimura and Go Noshita, “The 4-fold Pandharipande–Thomas vertex and Jeffrey–Kirwan residue”, arXiv:2508.12128 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2023–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2301.13069.

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