MNOP dimension-zero Donaldson–Thomas conjecture for smooth projective threefolds

Let XX be a smooth projective threefold. For a curve class β\beta and integer nn, let IX(β,n)I_X(\beta,n) be the Hilbert scheme of one-dimensional subschemes ZXZ\subset X with [Z]=β[Z]=\beta and χ(OZ)=n\chi(\mathcal O_Z)=n. Define the dimension-zero Donaldson–Thomas series by

DTX,0(q)=ndeg[IX(0,n)]virtqn.\mathcal{DT}_{X,0}(q)=\sum_n \deg[I_X(0,n)]^{\mathrm{virt}}q^n.

Let

M(q)=n1(1qn)nM(q)=\prod_n\frac{1}{(1-q^n)^n}

and let c3(TXKX)c_3(T_X\otimes K_X) denote the third Chern class, viewed as a Chern number.

MNOP dimension-zero Donaldson–Thomas conjecture. For any smooth projective threefold XX, the dimension-zero Donaldson–Thomas series has the form

DTX,0(q)=M(q)c3(TXKX).\mathcal{DT}_{X,0}(q)=M(-q)^{c_3(T_X\otimes K_X)}.

This conjecture predicts a universal MacMahon-function formula for the virtual counts of zero-dimensional subschemes on any smooth projective threefold. It is attributed here to Maulik, Nekrasov, Okounkov and Pandharipande; the supplied text gives no evidence resolving it.

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Jun Li, “Zero dimensional Donaldson-Thomas invariants of threefolds”, arXiv:math/0604490 (2009).

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