The MSV sheaf conjecture for Gorenstein toroidal varieties

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Let XX be a variety with only Gorenstein toroidal singularities. Let MSV(X)\mathcal{MSV}(X) denote the proposed sheaf of string-differential forms, locally modeled on the product of the corresponding sheaves for an open ball and for a singularity. Its L[0]=0L[0]=0 component carries a grading and a differential generalizing the de Rham differential, and its hypercohomology is the associated string cohomology.

MSV sheaf conjecture. For every variety XX with only Gorenstein toroidal singularities, there exists a local sheaf MSV(X)\mathcal{MSV}(X) locally isomorphic to the product of MSV(open ball⁡)\mathcal{MSV}(\operatorname{open\ ball}) and MSV(singularity⁡)\mathcal{MSV}(\operatorname{singularity}). The construction depends on the parameters gng_n and perhaps on other structures yet to be determined. The sheaf has the structure of a sheaf of conformal vertex algebras, with an N=2N=2 structure if XX is Calabi--Yau. The hypercohomology of its L[0]=0L[0]=0 complex has dimensions prescribed by the cited results and possesses a pure Hodge structure if XX is projective.

The conjecture aims to construct a generalized chiral de Rham-type sheaf on varieties with Gorenstein toroidal singularities and recover the expected string-theoretic and Hodge-theoretic invariants. The source calls the definition provisional and says that more work is necessary.

References

Primary source

Lev A. Borisov, “Vertex Algebras and Mirror Symmetry”, arXiv:math/9809094 (1999).

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