DT/PT correspondence for mixed four-fold vertices with surface boundary conditions

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Let λA,+\vec{\lambda}_{A,+} be nn-tuples of plane partitions and λA,\vec{\lambda}_{A,-} be mm-tuples of plane partitions for the six surfaces. Let vα=eaαv_\alpha=e^{\mathfrak{a}_\alpha}, wα=ebαw_\alpha=e^{\mathfrak{b}_\alpha}, xβ=ecβx_\beta=e^{\mathfrak{c}_\beta}, and yβ=edβy_\beta=e^{\mathfrak{d}_\beta}. Denote by ZλA,±+\mathcal{Z}^{+}_{\\{\vec{\lambda}_{A,\pm}\\}} and ZλA,±\mathcal{Z}^{-}_{\\{\vec{\lambda}_{A,\pm}\\}} the mixed (DTPT)(\mathrm{DT}|\mathrm{PT}) and (PTDT)(\mathrm{PT}|\mathrm{DT}) vertices. Mixed surface-vertex DT/PT correspondence. One has

ZλA,±+[q,q1,2,3,4]=MF[α=1nwαvαβ=1myβxβ]ZλA,±[q,q1,2,3,4].\mathcal{Z}^{+}_{\\{\vec{\lambda}_{A,\pm}\\}}[\mathfrak{q},q_{1,2,3,4}]=\operatorname{MF}\left[\prod_{\alpha=1}^{n}\frac{w_{\alpha}}{v_{\alpha}}\prod_{\beta=1}^{m}\frac{y_{\beta}}{x_{\beta}}\right]\mathcal{Z}^{-}_{\\{\vec{\lambda}_{A,\pm}\\}}[\mathfrak{q},q_{1,2,3,4}].

The poles from the D8–D8' part give PT4 counting and those from the opposite brane part give DT4 counting. The source states the correspondence conjecturally without giving a resolution.

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

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