The contractibility conjecture for stability spaces of acyclic quivers

Let QQ be a finite connected acyclic quiver. Write Stab(Db(Q))\operatorname{Stab}(\mathcal{D}^b(Q)) for the space of stability conditions on Db(Q)\mathcal{D}^b(Q), and let Toss(Db(Q))\mathrm{Toss}(\mathcal{D}^b(Q)) denote the set of totally semistable stability conditions on Db(Q)\mathcal{D}^b(Q). Contractibility conjecture. The space Stab(Db(Q))\operatorname{Stab}(\mathcal{D}^b(Q)) contracts to Toss(Db(Q))\mathrm{Toss}(\mathcal{D}^b(Q)), the space Toss(Db(Q))\mathrm{Toss}(\mathcal{D}^b(Q)) is contractible, and consequently Stab(Db(Q))\operatorname{Stab}(\mathcal{D}^b(Q)) is contractible.

This is a categorical analogue of the classical K(π,1)K(\pi,1)-conjecture for hyperplane arrangements. Contractibility is known for stability spaces associated with Dynkin quivers and related Calabi--Yau completions, while the stated result for arbitrary finite connected acyclic quivers is presented as a direction for further research.

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Takumi Otani and Dongjian Wu, “Stability Conditions and Algebraic Hearts for Acyclic Quivers”, arXiv:2510.08961 (2025).

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