Cao–Wang's unresolved modular rank four Nahm sum identity

Let qq be a formal variable. For n0n\geq 0, write (q2;q2)n=r=1n(1q2r)(q^2;q^2)_n=\prod_{r=1}^{n}(1-q^{2r}), and let Jm=(qm;qm)J_m=(q^m;q^m)_\infty. Then

Cao–Wang's conjecture.

i,j,k,l0q2i2+j2+2k2+l22ik2iljl+2ij2k(q2;q2)i(q2;q2)j(q2;q2)k(q2;q2)l=9J33J62J1J24.\sum_{i,j,k,l\geq 0}\frac{q^{2i^2+j^2+2k^2+l^2-2ik-2il-jl+2i-j-2k}}{(q^2;q^2)_i(q^2;q^2)_j(q^2;q^2)_k(q^2;q^2)_l}=9\frac{J_3^3J_6^2}{J_1J_2^4}.

This is one of the conjectural modular rank four Nahm sum identities proposed by Cao and Wang. The paper proves five related identities but states that it is currently unable to resolve this one.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Haijun Li, “Proofs of five conjectural identities on modular rank four Nahm sums”, arXiv:2606.25866 (2026).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.