Conjecture on pole cancellation in the Nekrasov instanton sum with adjoint matter

Let p,qp,q be positive coprime integers, let b2=p/qb^2=p/q, and let Y\boldsymbol{Y} range over tuples of partitions with corresponding terms ZY⃗Z_{\vec{Y}}. Let ϵ1\epsilon_1 and ϵ2\epsilon_2 be the equivariant parameters, and let mm be the mass parameter. Pole-cancellation conjecture. The value b2=p/qb^2=p/q is a removable singularity (or smooth point) of all terms ZY⃗Z_{\vec{Y}} if mm or ϵ1+ϵ2−m\epsilon_1+\epsilon_2-m is in

{kϵ1∣0≤k≤⌈q/p⌉}∪{kϵ2∣0≤k≤⌈p/q⌉}.\{k\epsilon_1\mid 0\leq k\leq \lceil q/p\rceil\}\cup\{k\epsilon_2\mid 0\leq k\leq \lceil p/q\rceil\}.

For other values of mm, b2=p/qb^2=p/q is a pole of at least one term ZY⃗Z_{\vec{Y}}. This conjecture seeks a complete characterization of the mass values for which all instanton terms avoid poles at positive rational b2b^2; the preceding examples motivate the stated intersection condition, while the general assertion is left unresolved in the source.

References

Primary source

Bruno Le Floch, “Convergence of Nekrasov instanton sum with adjoint matter”, arXiv:2602.19425 (2026).

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