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Abstract
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Given a map of vector bundles on a smooth variety, consider the deepest
degeneracy locus where its rank is smallest. We show it carries a natural perfect
obstruction theory whose virtual cycle can be calculated by the Thom–Porteous
formula.
We show nested Hilbert schemes of points on surfaces can be expressed as
degeneracy loci. We show how to modify the resulting obstruction theories to recover
the virtual cycles of Vafa–Witten and reduced local DT theories. The result computes
some Vafa–Witten invariants in terms of Carlsson–Okounkov operators. This proves
and extends a conjecture of Gholampour, Sheshmani, and Yau and generalises a
vanishing result of Carlsson and Okounkov.
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Keywords
Hilbert scheme, degeneracy locus, Thom–Porteous formula,
local Donaldson–Thomas theory, Vafa–Witten invariants
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 14D20, 14J60, 14N35
Secondary: 14C05, 57R57
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Milestones
Received: 11 February 2019
Accepted: 20 June 2019
Published: 9 October 2019
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