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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 211A: Seminar in Algebra

Dr. Yifeng Huang

University of Southern California

Motivic degree 0 high rank and unframed DT theory on singular curves

Abstract:

Motivic degree 0 Donaldson-Thomas theory on a variety X is a point counting theory on the Hilbert scheme of points on X parametrizing zero-dimensionally supported quotient sheaves of OX. On the other hand, the high rank DT theory is about the so called punctual Quot scheme parametrizing zero-dimensional quotient sheaves of the vector bundle OrX, while the unframed DT theory is about the stack of zero-dimensional coherent sheaves on X. I will talk about some recent progresses on explicit computations of these theories for singular curves X. For example, we found the exact count of n×n matrix solutions AB=BA,A2=B3 over a finite field (a problem corresponding to the motivic unframed DT theory for the curve y2=x3), and its generating function is a series appearing in the Rogers-Ramanujan identities. In other families of examples, it turns out that such computations discover new Rogers-Ramanujan type identities.

Hosts: Steven Sam and Karthik Ganapathy

March 10, 2025

3:00 PM

APM 7321

Research Areas

Algebra

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