Kotschick–Morgan wall-crossing polynomiality conjecture

Let XX be a smooth simply connected 44-manifold. For a class xiH2(X,Z)xi\in H^2(X,\mathbb Z) defining a wall, an integer NN, and the associated wall-crossing term δξ,NX\delta^X_{\xi,N}, let QXQ_X denote the quadratic form on H2(X,Z)H_2(X,\mathbb Z). Kotschick–Morgan conjecture. δξ,NX\delta^X_{\xi,N} is a polynomial in multiplication by ξ\xi and the quadratic form QXQ_X whose coefficients depend only on ξ2\xi^2, NN, and the homotopy type of XX. This conjecture predicts that the wall-crossing terms are controlled by topological data rather than the particular smooth structure or metric; the supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Lothar Göttsche, “Modular forms and Donaldson invariants for 4-manifolds with b_+=1”, arXiv:alg-geom/9506018 (1995).

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2 papers in this index state this conjecture (1994–1995). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:alg-geom/9410005.

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