Gö​ttsche's generating-function conjecture for the Kotschick–Morgan wall-crossing term

Let XX be a 44-manifold with b+(X)=1b_+(X)=1 and b1(X)=0b_1(X)=0, let ξH2(X,Z)\xi\in H^2(X,\mathbb Z) satisfy ξ2<0\xi^2<0, and let λ[X](q)\lambda_{[X]}(q) be the power-series factor associated with the equivalence class [X][X]. Let n2n_2 be the number of 22-torsion points in H2(X,Z)H^2(X,\mathbb Z). Gö​ttsche's conjecture.

λ[X](q)=n2f(τ)Δ(2τ)2Δ(τ)Δ(4τ).\lambda_{[X]}(q)=n_2\frac{f(\tau)\Delta(2\tau)^2}{\Delta(\tau)\Delta(4\tau)}.

Here qq and τ\tau are related by the modular-form convention used in the paper, and ff and Δ\Delta are the modular forms defined there. The conjecture proposes a simple dependence of λ[X]\lambda_{[X]} on the torsion of H2(X,Z)H^2(X,\mathbb Z); 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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