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Noah Arbesfeld

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arXiv2026

Vafa-Witten invariants from wall-crossing for framed sheaves

We consider the refined $\mathrm{SU}(r)$ Vafa-Witten partition function of a smooth projective surface with non-zero holomorphic 2-form. This partition function has a vertical contribution, expressible in terms of nested Hilbert schemes. First, we write the vertical contribution in terms of $χ_y$-genera of moduli spaces of framed sheaves on ${\mathbb P}^2$. Then, we state two wall-crossing identities for moduli spaces of framed sheaves: a blow-up formula due to Kuhn-Leigh-Tanaka and a new stable/co-stable wall-crossing formula. We prove the latter using the theory of mixed Hodge modules. We apply these identities to obtain constraints on Vafa-Witten invariants predicted by conjectures of Göttsche and the second- and third-named authors. For $r=2$, we obtain a proof of the vertical part of a celebrated formula by Vafa-Witten.

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arXiv2026

The geometry of Nekrasov's gauge origami theory

Nekrasov's gauge origami theory provides a (complex) 4-dimensional generalization of the ADHM quiver and its moduli spaces of representations. We describe the origami moduli space as the zero locus of an isotropic section of a quadratic vector bundle on a smooth space. This allows us to give an algebro-geometric definition of the origami partition function in terms of Oh--Thomas virtual cycles. The key input is the computation of a sign associated to each torus fixed point of the moduli space. Furthermore, we establish an integrality result and dimensional reduction formulae, and discuss an application to non-perturbative Dyson--Schwinger equations following Nekrasov's work. Finally, we conjecture a description of the origami moduli space in terms of certain 2-dimensional framed sheaves on $\mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1$, which we verify at the level of torus fixed points.

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arXiv2022

K-Theoretic Descendent Series for Hilbert Schemes of Points on Surfaces

We study the holomorphic Euler characteristics of tautological sheaves on Hilbert schemes of points on surfaces. In particular, we establish the rationality of K-theoretic descendent series. Our approach is to control equivariant holomorphic Euler characteristics over the Hilbert scheme of points on the affine plane. To do so, we slightly modify a Macdonald polynomial identity of Mellit.

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arXiv2021

The virtual K-theory of Quot schemes of surfaces

We study virtual invariants of Quot schemes parametrizing quotients of dimension at most 1 of the trivial sheaf of rank N on nonsingular projective surfaces. We conjecture that the generating series of virtual K-theoretic invariants are given by rational functions. We prove rationality for several geometries including punctual quotients for all smooth projective surfaces and dimension 1 quotients for surfaces X with p_g>0. We also show that the generating series of virtual cobordism classes can be irrational. Given a K-theory class on X of rank r, we associate natural series of virtual Segre and Verlinde numbers. We show that the Segre and Verlinde series match in the following three cases: Quot schemes of dimension 0 quotients, Hilbert schemes of points and curves over surfaces with p_g>0, Quot schemes of minimal elliptic surfaces for quotients supported on fiber classes. Moreover, for punctual quotients of the trivial sheaf of rank N, we prove a new symmetry of the Segre/Verlinde series exchanging r and N. The Segre/Verlinde statements have analogues for punctual Quot schemes over curves.

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arXiv2020

K-theoretic Donaldson-Thomas theory and the Hilbert scheme of points on a surface

Integrals of characteristic classes of tautological sheaves on the Hilbert scheme of points on a surface frequently arise in enumerative problems. We use the K-theoretic Donaldson-Thomas theory of certain toric Calabi-Yau threefolds to study K-theoretic variants of such expressions. We study limits of the K-theoretic Donaldson-Thomas partition function of a toric Calabi-Yau threefold under certain one-parameter subgroups called slopes, and formulate a condition under which two such limits coincide. We then explicitly compute the limits of components of the partition function under so-called preferred slopes, obtaining explicit combinatorial expressions related to the refined topological vertex of Iqbal, Kosçaz and Vafa. Applying these results to specific Calabi-Yau threefolds, we deduce dualities satisfied by a generating function built from tautological bundles on the Hilbert scheme of points on $\mathbb{C}^2$. We then use this duality to study holomorphic Euler characteristics of exterior and symmetric powers of tautological bundles on the Hilbert scheme of points on a general surface.

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arXiv2014

On a lower central series filtration of the Grothendieck-Teichmüller Lie algebra grt_1

The Grothendieck-Teichmüller Lie algebra is a Lie subalgebra of a Lie algebra of derivations of the free Lie algebra in two generators. We show that the lower central series of the latter Lie algebra induces a decreasing filtration of the Grothendieck-Teichmüller Lie algebra and we study the corresponding graded Lie algebra. Its degree zero part had been previously computed by the second author. We show that the degree one part is a module over a symmetric algebra, which are both equipped with compatible decreasing filtrations, and we exhibit an explicit lower bound for the associated graded module. We derive from there some information on explicit expression of the depth 3 part of the depth-graded of the Grothendieck-Teichmüller Lie algebra.

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arXiv2012

A presentation of the deformed W_{1+\infty} algebra

We provide a generators and relation description of the deformed W_{1+\infty}-algebra introduced in previous joint work of E. Vasserot and the second author. This gives a presentation of the (spherical) cohomological Hall algebra of the one-loop quiver, or alternatively of the spherical degenerate double affine Hecke algebra of GL(\infty).

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arXiv2009

New results on the lower central series quotients of a free associative algebra

We continue the study of the lower central series and its associated graded components for a free associative algebra with n generators, as initiated by B. Feigin and B. Shoikhet. We establish a linear bound on the degree of tensor field modules appearing in the Jordan-Hoelder series of each graded component, which is conjecturally tight. We also bound the leading coefficient of the Hilbert polynomial of each graded component. As applications, we confirm conjectures of P. Etingof and B. Shoikhet concerning the structure of the third graded component.

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