Zero-dimensional quiver-variety vertex-function factorization conjecture

Let QQ be a quiver without loops, let M=MQ,θ(v,w)\mathcal{M}=\mathcal{M}_{Q,\theta}(\mathsf{v},\mathsf{w}) be a zero-dimensional quiver variety with θ=(1,1,,1)\theta=(1,1,\ldots,1), and let μ=λiQ0viαi\mu=\lambda-\sum_{i\in Q_0}\mathsf{v}_i\alpha_i, where λ=iQ0wiϖi\lambda=\sum_{i\in Q_0}\mathsf{w}_i\varpi_i. Write Φ(x)=i=0(1xqi)\Phi(x)=\prod_{i=0}^{\infty}(1-xq^i) and let eαi=zi(q/)bie^{\alpha_i}=z_i(q/\hbar)^{b_i}. Zero-dimensional vertex-function factorization conjecture. The vertex function of M\mathcal{M} factorizes

VM(z)=αΦμ+,rei=1(α,μ)Φ((q)i1eα)Φ((q)i1eα).\mathsf{V}_{\mathcal{M}}(z)=\prod_{\alpha\in\Phi^{+,\mathrm{re}}_\mu}\prod_{i=1}^{-(\alpha,\mu)}\frac{\Phi\left(\hbar\left(\frac{\hbar}{q}\right)^{i-1}e^{\alpha}\right)}{\Phi\left(\left(\frac{\hbar}{q}\right)^{i-1}e^{\alpha}\right)}.

This is a conjectural explicit factorization for vertex functions of zero-dimensional quiver varieties; the source notes proofs in several cases, including type AA with one framing, type DD with a single minuscule framing, and cotangent bundles of Grassmannians, while the general case remains open.

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Hunter Dinkins, Vasily Krylov and Reese Lance, “Slant sums of quiver gauge theories”, arXiv:2510.02496 (2026).

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