Göttsche–Kool universal-function conjecture for rank-two virtual Segre numbers
Let be the surface and the moduli space defined above, let , and let have . The universal functions lie in , while lie in . Set
The functions are given by the formulas in the conjecture, with algebraic functions. Göttsche–Kool conjecture. For every such , the virtual Segre series satisfies
where
This is the rank-two adjustment of the Göttsche–Kool conjecture and gives a universal description of virtual Segre numbers in terms of surface invariants and Seiberg–Witten basic classes. The supplied text does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.
References
Primary source
Elias Furrer and Jan Manschot, “Universal Functions for Topological Correlators”, arXiv:2602.20279 (2026).
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