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Degeneration of quantum difference operators to quantum multiplication for Hilbert schemes of A_{r-1}-singularities

Prove that, for the equivariant Hilbert scheme Hilb_n(\widehat{C}^2/\mathbb{Z}_r) of A_{r-1}-singularities, the quantum difference operator M_{L_i}(z), taken in the eigenbasis H of M_{L_i}(\infty), degenerates to the quantum multiplication operator by the divisor line bundle L_i in the equivariant cohomology H_T^*(Hilb_n(\widehat{C}^2/\mathbb{Z}_r)), equivalently establishing the identification up to conjugacy required for the QDE-to-Dubrovin degeneration in this setting.

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Background

The authors discuss known formulas for Dubrovin (quantum) connections on Hilbert schemes of A_{r-1}-resolutions and relate them to quantum difference equations. They formulate a specific conjectural identification for Hilb_n(\widehat{C}2/\mathbb{Z}_r): that the quantum difference operators associated to divisors should degenerate to quantum multiplication by those divisors.

They note complementary geometric and algebraic viewpoints: via elliptic stable envelopes, the connection matrix should match the elliptic geometric R-matrix, while algebraically one needs to identify M_{L_i}(z) with the line bundle L_i up to conjugacy. They explicitly state that they do not yet know how to prove this identification and leave it for future work.

References

It is conjectured that the quantum difference operator M_{L_i}(z) in the eigenbasis H of M_{L_i}(\infty) has the degeneration limit as the quantum multiplication by M_{L_i} in the quantum cohomology of H_T*(\text{Hilb}_{n}(\widehat{C}2/{Z}_r)). For now we still don't know how to prove the fact in a straightway, and this will be put into the future study.

From quantum difference equation to Dubrovin connection of affine type A quiver varieties (2405.02473 - Zhu, 3 May 2024) in Section 8, Connection to the Dubrovin connections of Hilbert scheme of A_{r-1}-singularities