Harvey–Moore modularity conjecture for fiberwise rational curves

Let XX be a tamed K3K3-fibered Calabi–Yau threefold, and let nCn_C denote the virtual number of rational curves in the fiberwise class CH2(X,Z)fC\in H_2(X,\mathbf Z)_f. Suppose that the fiberwise intersection lattice

MH2(X,Z)f\mathbf M\cong H^2(X,\mathbf Z)_f

is unimodular. Write C2=2δ2C^2=2\delta-2 for the self-intersection number along the fiber, and set nδ=nCn_\delta=n_C for classes with this self-intersection. Harvey–Moore's modularity conjecture. The number nCn_C depends on CC only through C2=2δ2C^2=2\delta-2, and the generating function

g0nδqδ\sum_{g\geq 0}n_\delta q^\delta

is the qq-expansion of an explicitly constructed modular form. Harvey and Moore's prediction comes from type IIAIIA–heterotic duality and relates curve counts on K3K3-fibered Calabi–Yau threefolds to Borcherds-type automorphic products. The source gives no resolution of this conjecture; its status is therefore open.

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Primary source

Ai-Ko Liu, “Cosmic String, Harvey-Moore Conjecture and Family Seiberg-Witten Theory”, arXiv:math/0409038 (2004).

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