Introduction
Let X ⊂ P N − 1 X \subset\mathbb{P}^{N-1} X ⊂ P N − 1 be a smooth complex hypersurface of degree d ≥ 2 d \ge2 d ≥ 2 . When N > d N>d N > d , the derived category D b ( X ) \mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) contains an exceptional collection of line bundles O X , O X ( 1 ) , … , O X ( N − d − 1 ) \mathcal{O}_X, \mathcal{O}_X(1), \ldots, \mathcal{O}_X(N-d-1) O X , O X ( 1 ) , … , O X ( N − d − 1 ) . The remaining part is called the Kuznetsov component of the Fano hypersurface:
D b ( X ) = ⟨ K u ( X ) , O X , O X ( 1 ) , … , O X ( N − d − 1 ) ⟩ . (1) \mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X)=\langle\mathrm{Ku}(X),\mathcal{O}_X,\mathcal{O}_X(1),\ldots,\mathcal{O}_X(N-d-1)\rangle. \tag*{(1)} D b ( X ) = ⟨ Ku ( X ) , O X , O X ( 1 ) , … , O X ( N − d − 1 )⟩ . (1)
When N = d N=d N = d , the hypersurface is Calabi–Yau, and the category of interest is D b ( X ) \mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) itself. Both cases admit a common description in terms of the homogeneous equation W W W defining X X X : Orlov’s theorem [34 ] identifies them with the category M F g r ( W ) \mathrm{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) of graded matrix factorizations.
We write [ n ] [n] [ n ] for cohomological shift and ( a ) (a) ( a ) for the internal grading shift of a graded module, with M ( a ) j = M j + a M(a)_j=M_{j+a} M ( a ) j = M j + a . We denote the grading-shift autoequivalence of the category of graded matrix factorizations by τ \tau τ , so that τ a E = E ( a ) \tau^a E=E(a) τ a E = E ( a ) and τ d ≃ [ 2 ] \tau^d\simeq[2] τ d ≃ [ 2 ] .
With a suitable normalization of Orlov’s equivalence, the same autoequivalence on K u ( X ) \mathrm{Ku}(X) Ku ( X ) when N > d N>d N > d , or on D b ( X ) \mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) when N = d N=d N = d , is given by
τ ( E ) ≃ Cone ( RHom ( O X , E ( 1 ) ) ⊗ C O X → e v E ( 1 ) ) , E ( 1 ) = E ⊗ O X ( 1 ) , \tau(E)\simeq\operatorname{Cone}\left(\operatorname{RHom}(\mathcal{O}_X,E(1))\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}\mathcal{O}_X \xrightarrow{\mathrm{ev}} E(1)\right),\qquad E(1)=E\otimes\mathcal{O}_X(1), τ ( E ) ≃ Cone ( RHom ( O X , E ( 1 )) ⊗ C O X ev E ( 1 ) ) , E ( 1 ) = E ⊗ O X ( 1 ) ,
where the arrow is the evaluation map [2 Definition 6.11 and Theorem 6.13] . In the Fano case, this is the rotation functor : tensoring by O X ( 1 ) \mathcal{O}_X(1) O X ( 1 ) followed by left mutation through O X \mathcal{O}_X O X . In the Calabi–Yau case, it is tensoring by O X ( 1 ) \mathcal{O}_X(1) O X ( 1 ) followed by the spherical twist about O X \mathcal{O}_X O X .
It is natural to look for a Bridgeland stability condition in which this fractional shift acts by a constant rotation of phases. Since [ 1 ] [1] [ 1 ] rotates the phase by 1 1 1 , the desired phase shift is 2 / d 2/d 2/ d .
Definition 1.1. Let D \mathcal{D} D be a triangulated category with a stability condition σ = ( Z , P ) \sigma=(Z,\mathcal{P}) σ = ( Z , P ) and an exact autoequivalence Φ : D → ∼ D \Phi:\mathcal{D}\xrightarrow{\sim}\mathcal{D} Φ : D ∼ D , and let s ∈ R s\in\mathbb{R} s ∈ R . Following [40 Definition 1.1] , we say that the stability condition σ \sigma σ is of Gepner type ( Φ , s ) (\Phi,s) ( Φ , s ) if, for every ϕ ∈ R \phi\in\mathbb{R} ϕ ∈ R and every E ∈ D E\in\mathcal{D} E ∈ D ,
Φ P ( ϕ ) = P ( ϕ + s ) and Z ( Φ E ) = e i π s Z ( E ) . \Phi\mathcal{P}(\phi)=\mathcal{P}(\phi+s)
\qquad\text{and}\qquad
Z(\Phi E)=e^{i\pi s}Z(E). Φ P ( ϕ ) = P ( ϕ + s ) and Z ( Φ E ) = e iπ s Z ( E ) .
In particular, Φ \Phi Φ preserves semistability and translates phases by s s s .
Theorem 1.2. Let d ≥ 2 d\ge2 d ≥ 2 . Let X = { W = 0 } ⊂ P N − 1 X=\{W=0\}\subset\mathbb{P}^{N-1} X = { W = 0 } ⊂ P N − 1 , N ≥ d N\ge d N ≥ d , be a smooth hypersurface of degree d d d . The category M F g r ( W ) \mathrm{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) of graded matrix factorizations admits a numerical Bridgeland stability condition σ = ( Z , P ) \sigma=(Z,\mathcal{P}) σ = ( Z , P ) satisfying the support property on the full numerical Grothendieck group K n u m ( M F g r ( W ) ) K_{\mathrm{num}}(\mathrm{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W)) K num ( MF gr ( W )) . It is of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) , where τ \tau τ is the internal grading shift; explicitly,
Z ( τ E ) = e 2 π i / d Z ( E ) , τ P ( ϕ ) = P ( ϕ + 2 d ) . (2) Z(\tau E)=e^{2\pi i/d}Z(E),\qquad\tau\mathcal{P}(\phi)=\mathcal{P}\left(\phi+\frac{2}{d}\right). \tag*{(2)} Z ( τ E ) = e 2 π i / d Z ( E ) , τ P ( ϕ ) = P ( ϕ + d 2 ) . (2)
For every fixed object A A A , there is a constant C A > 0 C_A > 0 C A > 0 such that
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ] ) ≤ C A m σ ( E ) for every E . (3) \sum_{n \in\mathbb{Z}} \dim_{\mathbb{C}} \operatorname{Hom}(A,E[n]) \le C_A m_\sigma(E) \qquad\text{for every } E. \tag*{(3)} n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ]) ≤ C A m σ ( E ) for every E . (3)
Here m σ ( E ) m_\sigma(E) m σ ( E ) is the sum of the absolute values of the central charges of its Harder–Narasimhan factors. By Orlov’s theorem [34 ] , MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) is equivalent to Ku ( X ) \operatorname{Ku}(X) Ku ( X ) for N > d N>d N > d and to D b ( X ) D^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) for N = d N=d N = d .
Theorem 5.6 also covers the case N < d N<d N < d , when MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) contains D b ( X ) D^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) . The bound (3) applies existence of proper moduli spaces.
Corollary 1.3. Let σ = ( Z , P ) \sigma=(Z,\mathcal{P}) σ = ( Z , P ) be a stability condition constructed in Theorem 1.2 on C = Ku ( X ) \mathcal{C}=\operatorname{Ku}(X) C = Ku ( X ) for N > d N>d N > d , or on C = D b ( X ) \mathcal{C}=D^{\mathrm{b}}(X) C = D b ( X ) for N = d N=d N = d . Fix v ∈ K n u m ( C ) v\in K_{\mathrm{num}}(\mathcal{C}) v ∈ K num ( C ) and ϕ ∈ R \phi\in\mathbb{R} ϕ ∈ R with Z ( v ) ∈ R > 0 e i π ϕ Z(v)\in\mathbb{R}_{>0}e^{i\pi\phi} Z ( v ) ∈ R > 0 e iπ ϕ . The stack of semistable objects of class v v v and phase ϕ \phi ϕ is an algebraic stack of finite type over C \mathbb{C} C , has affine diagonal, and admits a proper good moduli algebraic space M σ ( v , ϕ ) M_\sigma(v,\phi) M σ ( v , ϕ ) .
The closed points of this space classify S-equivalence classes of semistable objects. The corollary follows from the mass–Hom bound by the theorem of Halpern-Leistner and Robotis [21 Theorem 2.35] ; we give the precise application at the end of § 5 .
For Fano hypersurfaces, even the existence of any stability condition on the Kuznetsov component is already a new result. Building on his joint work with Macrì, Perry, Stellari, and Zhao [30 ] on rigidity of stability conditions for products of curves, Li proves that D b ( Y ) D^{\mathrm{b}}(Y) D b ( Y ) admits stability conditions for every smooth projective complex variety Y Y Y [28 ] . This theorem does not settle existence of stability conditions on admissible subcategories. Indeed, there can be no existence theorem in this generality, since nonzero phantom subcategories have vanishing Grothendieck group and hence admit no stability conditions [16 Definition 1.8 and Corollary 1.15] . For cubic hypersurfaces, several constructions were already available. Bayer–Lahoz–Macrì–Stellari constructed numerical stability conditions on the Kuznetsov component of every smooth cubic fourfold [5 ] , without asserting Gepner symmetry. The stronger requirement of Gepner symmetry was established by Toda for cubic surfaces, cubic threefolds, and a general cubic fourfold containing a plane [41 Theorems 1.2 and 1.3] . More recently, Liu constructed stability conditions with the Gepner property on the Kuznetsov component of every smooth cubic fivefold [31 Corollary 5.12] .
For Calabi–Yau hypersurfaces, the category in question is the full derived category, so Li’s theorem supplies stability conditions in every dimension. The additional challenge is to construct one with Gepner symmetry. Toda did this for plane cubics and quartic K3 surfaces [40 Theorem 1.3] . Li proved existence of numerical Bridgeland stability conditions on smooth quintic threefolds by proving a suitable Bogomolov–Gieseker inequality [27 ] . The search for Gepner symmetry led Toda to formulate a stronger inequality [42 ] , subsequently proved by Xu for slope-semistable sheaves [46 ] . The recent OpenAI release includes a manuscript asserting the existence of Gepner-type stability conditions on every smooth quintic threefold [33 ] .
Our theorem gives a uniform construction of stability conditions with Gepner symmetry on the Kuznetsov components of all smooth Fano hypersurfaces and on the derived categories of all smooth Calabi–Yau hypersurfaces.
The proof of Theorem 1.2 has three steps. We start with the category of graded matrix factorizations of x d x^d x d , which is equivalent to the derived category of representations of the quiver A d − 1 A_{d-1} A d − 1 . The grading shift corresponds to S − 1 [ 1 ] S^{-1}[1] S − 1 [ 1 ] , where S S S is the Serre functor [39 , 23 ] . Qiu [37 Theorem 4.7] proves that the stability condition of Gepner type ( S − 1 [ 1 ] , 2 / d ) (S^{-1}[1],2/d) ( S − 1 [ 1 ] , 2/ d ) on this category is unique up to the natural C \mathbb{C} C -action, as part of his treatment of Dynkin quivers. These quiver categories provide the building blocks of our construction. Let Q d Q_d Q d be the quiver A d − 1 A_{d-1} A d − 1 with the following orientation: every edge is directed from an odd-numbered vertex to an even-numbered vertex:
Write Q d = D b ( rep C Q d ) Q_d=D^{\mathrm{b}}(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}} Q_d) Q d = D b ( rep C Q d ) . Given a Bridgeland stability condition on an enhanced idempotent-complete smooth and proper triangulated category C \mathcal{C} C , we construct one on the tensor product C ⊗ Q d C \otimes\mathcal{Q}_d C ⊗ Q d in § 3 . Its objects may be viewed as quiver diagrams, with an object of C C C at each vertex and a morphism along each arrow. We weigh central charges with the positive weights
r j = sin ( j π / d ) sin ( π / d ) , 1 ≤ j ≤ d − 1 , r_j = \frac{\sin(j\pi/d)}{\sin(\pi/d)}, \qquad1 \leq j \leq d-1, r j = sin ( π / d ) sin ( j π / d ) , 1 ≤ j ≤ d − 1 ,
which form an eigenvector of the adjacency matrix of the underlying unoriented graph. This eigenvector identity turns reflection functors of the quiver into rotations of the central charge.
We iterate this construction to obtain a stability condition on Q d ⊗ M \mathcal{Q}_d^{\otimes M} Q d ⊗ M , the bounded derived category of finite-dimensional modules over the tensor product of M M M copies of the path algebra of Q d \mathcal{Q}_d Q d . The Thom–Sebastiani equivalence [3 Corollary 2.40] identifies this tensor product with the category of matrix factorizations of the Fermat polynomial
F = y 1 d + ⋯ + y M d , F = y_1^d + \cdots+ y_M^d, F = y 1 d + ⋯ + y M d ,
graded by the group L = Z M / ⟨ d ( e i − e j ) ⟩ L = \mathbb{Z}^M/\langle d(e_i-e_j)\rangle L = Z M / ⟨ d ( e i − e j )⟩ , where deg ( y i ) = e i \deg(y_i)=e_i deg ( y i ) = e i . The differences e i − e j e_i-e_j e i − e j generate a finite subgroup H ≅ ( Z / d Z ) M − 1 H \cong(\mathbb{Z}/d\mathbb{Z})^{M-1} H ≅ ( Z / d Z ) M − 1 . Grading shifts by this subgroup preserve the stability condition. We then form the category of H H H -equivariant objects in the sense of [15 Definition 3.5] , which can be identified with the category of matrix factorizations MF g r ( F ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(F) MF gr ( F ) with its usual integer grading.
Finally, every degree-d d d form over C \mathbb{C} C is a sum of d d d th powers of linear forms. This realizes every smooth hypersurface as a linear section of a sufficiently large Fermat hypersurface. Proposition 5.3 transfers stability condition one hyperplane section at a time, preserving the Gepner symmetry, until we reach the given hypersurface. For Calabi–Yau Fermat polynomials, Okada [32 Sections 2–4] studied mirror stability conditions on tensor products of type A quiver categories and their interpretation through homological mirror symmetry.
As we were completing this paper, Wu’s preprint [45 Theorem 1.1] appeared on the arXiv. Using stability conditions on products of elliptic curves, Wu constructs numerical Gepner-type stability conditions on the Kuznetsov components of smooth Fano hypersurfaces of degrees 3, 4, and 6 and dimension at least three. We also began with products of elliptic curves, before realizing that tensor products of quiver categories allow the construction to work in every degree. The main work went into constructing stability conditions on these tensor products.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements. This work was supported in part by a grant of access to OpenAI models through the ChatGPT for Academic Researchers program. Codex Astra helped us find several steps in the construction and was also used to edit the manuscript. Any remaining errors are, of course, our own. J.T. was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-2401387.
Generalities on Categories
We will use enhanced models of triangulated categories. These models will allow us to construct reflection functors, define tensor products, and study finite group actions on categories. Stability conditions are defined on the underlying triangulated categories.
Stability conditions
For a triangulated category C C C , write K 0 ( C ) K_0(C) K 0 ( C ) for the abelian group generated by its objects with relations [ B ] = [ A ] + [ C ] [B]=[A]+[C] [ B ] = [ A ] + [ C ] for distinguished triangles A → B → C → A [ 1 ] A \to B \to C \to A[1] A → B → C → A [ 1 ] . The small triangulated categories on which we construct stability conditions are C C C -linear and proper, which means that the total space ⨁ k Hom ( E , F [ k ] ) \bigoplus_k \operatorname{Hom}(E,F[k]) ⨁ k Hom ( E , F [ k ]) is a finite dimensional C \mathbb{C} C -vector space for any two objects. Thus their Euler pairing
χ ( E , F ) = ∑ k ( − 1 ) k dim C Hom ( E , F [ k ] ) \chi(E,F)=\sum_k(-1)^k\dim_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(E,F[k]) χ ( E , F ) = k ∑ ( − 1 ) k dim C Hom ( E , F [ k ])
is defined. The numerical Grothendieck group K n u m ( C ) K_{\mathrm{num}}(C) K num ( C ) is the quotient of K 0 ( C ) K_0(C) K 0 ( C ) by the left radical of the Euler pairing, which consists of classes v v v such that χ ( v , w ) = 0 \chi(v,w)=0 χ ( v , w ) = 0 for every w w w . The categories considered here have Serre functors, recalled in § 2.2 ; Serre duality identifies the left and right radicals of the Euler pairing. A numerical class map v v v is a homomorphism from K 0 ( C ) K_0(C) K 0 ( C ) to a finite-rank free abelian group Λ \Lambda Λ that factors through K n u m ( C ) K_{\mathrm{num}}(C) K num ( C ) .
A slicing is a family of full additive subcategories P ( ϕ ) ⊂ C \mathcal{P}(\phi) \subset\mathcal{C} P ( ϕ ) ⊂ C , indexed by ϕ ∈ R \phi\in\mathbb{R} ϕ ∈ R , such that P ( ϕ + 1 ) = P ( ϕ ) [ 1 ] \mathcal{P}(\phi+ 1) = \mathcal{P}(\phi)[1] P ( ϕ + 1 ) = P ( ϕ ) [ 1 ] , there are no morphisms from a larger phase to a smaller phase, and every nonzero object has a finite Harder–Narasimhan filtration by distinguished triangles whose nonzero factors lie in P ( ϕ 1 ) , … , P ( ϕ s ) \mathcal{P}(\phi_1), \ldots, \mathcal{P}(\phi_s) P ( ϕ 1 ) , … , P ( ϕ s ) with ϕ 1 > ⋯ > ϕ s \phi_1 > \cdots> \phi_s ϕ 1 > ⋯ > ϕ s . For an interval I ⊂ R I \subset\mathbb{R} I ⊂ R , we denote by P ( I ) \mathcal{P}(I) P ( I ) the finite extension closure of subcategories P ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}(\phi) P ( ϕ ) with phases in I I I .
A stability condition consists of a slicing and a central charge Z : K 0 ( C ) → C Z : K_0(\mathcal{C}) \to\mathbb{C} Z : K 0 ( C ) → C such that
Z ( E ) ∈ R > 0 e i π ϕ for 0 ≠ E ∈ P ( ϕ ) . Z(E) \in\mathbb{R}_{>0}e^{i\pi\phi} \quad\text{for } 0 \ne E \in\mathcal{P}(\phi). Z ( E ) ∈ R > 0 e iπ ϕ for 0 = E ∈ P ( ϕ ) .
Each P ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}(\phi) P ( ϕ ) is an abelian category; its nonzero objects are called semistable , and its simple objects are called stable . Throughout the paper we require the support property with respect to a specified numerical class map v : K 0 ( C ) → Λ v : K_0(\mathcal{C}) \to\Lambda v : K 0 ( C ) → Λ and a factorization Z = Z ‾ ∘ v Z = \overline{Z} \circ v Z = Z ∘ v . This means that
∥ v ( E ) ∥ ≤ C ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ for all semistable E , (4) \lVert v(E)\rVert\le C\lvert Z(E)\rvert\quad\text{for all semistable } E, \tag*{(4)} ∥ v ( E )∥ ≤ C ∣ Z ( E )∣ for all semistable E , (4)
for some norm on Λ R \Lambda_{\mathbb{R}} Λ R and constant C > 0 C > 0 C > 0 ; see [5 Definition 2.3 and Proposition 5.5] .
For an object E E E with HN factors A i A_i A i , its mass is defined as m σ ( E ) = ∑ i ∣ Z ( A i ) ∣ m_\sigma(E) = \sum_i \lvert Z(A_i)\rvert m σ ( E ) = ∑ i ∣ Z ( A i )∣ .
Mass is unchanged by shifts and is additive under direct sums. It also satisfies the mass triangle inequality : for every distinguished triangle
A ⟶ B ⟶ C ⟶ A [ 1 ] , A \longrightarrow B \longrightarrow C \longrightarrow A[1], A ⟶ B ⟶ C ⟶ A [ 1 ] ,
one has [22 Proposition 3.3]
m σ ( B ) ≤ m σ ( A ) + m σ ( C ) . (5) m_\sigma(B) \le m_\sigma(A) + m_\sigma(C). \tag*{(5)} m σ ( B ) ≤ m σ ( A ) + m σ ( C ) . (5)
We will prove the following strong boundedness property for the conditions constructed here. We say that σ \sigma σ has a total mass–Hom bound if, for every fixed A A A , there is a constant C A > 0 C_A > 0 C A > 0 such that
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ] ) ≤ C A m σ ( E ) for every E ∈ C . (6) \sum_{n \in\mathbb{Z}} \dim_{\mathbb{C}} \operatorname{Hom}(A, E[n]) \le C_A m_\sigma(E) \quad\text{for every } E \in\mathcal{C}. \tag*{(6)} n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ]) ≤ C A m σ ( E ) for every E ∈ C . (6)
In particular, dim C Hom ( A , E ) ≤ C A m σ ( E ) \dim_{\mathbb{C}} \operatorname{Hom}(A, E) \le C_A m_\sigma(E) dim C Hom ( A , E ) ≤ C A m σ ( E ) for every fixed A A A and every E E E .
A t-structure is determined by its aisle, a full additive subcategory U ⊂ C \mathcal{U} \subset\mathcal{C} U ⊂ C such that U [ 1 ] ⊂ U \mathcal{U}[1] \subset\mathcal{U} U [ 1 ] ⊂ U and every object E E E admits a distinguished truncation triangle A → E → B → A [ 1 ] A \to E \to B \to A[1] A → E → B → A [ 1 ] with A ∈ U A \in\mathcal{U} A ∈ U and B ∈ U ⊥ B \in\mathcal{U}^{\perp} B ∈ U ⊥ . Here U ⊥ = { B : Hom ( A , B ) = 0 for all A ∈ U } \mathcal{U}^{\perp} = \{B : \operatorname{Hom}(A, B) = 0 \text{ for all } A \in\mathcal{U}\} U ⊥ = { B : Hom ( A , B ) = 0 for all A ∈ U } . We put
C ≤ n = U [ − n ] and C ≥ n = U ⊥ [ 1 − n ] . \mathcal{C}^{\le n} = \mathcal{U}[-n] \quad\text{and} \quad\mathcal{C}^{\ge n} = \mathcal{U}^{\perp}[1-n]. C ≤ n = U [ − n ] and C ≥ n = U ⊥ [ 1 − n ] .
The t-structure is bounded if every object belongs to C ≥ a ∩ C ≤ b \mathcal{C}^{\ge a} \cap\mathcal{C}^{\le b} C ≥ a ∩ C ≤ b for some a ≤ b a \le b a ≤ b . Its heart A = U ∩ U ⊥ [ 1 ] \mathcal{A} = \mathcal{U} \cap\mathcal{U}^{\perp}[1] A = U ∩ U ⊥ [ 1 ] is an abelian category, and truncation triangles define cohomology objects H A j ( E ) ∈ A H^j_{\mathcal{A}}(E) \in\mathcal{A} H A j ( E ) ∈ A .
A slicing determines the aisle U = P ( ( 0 , ∞ ) ) \mathcal{U} = \mathcal{P}((0,\infty)) U = P (( 0 , ∞ )) and the heart A = P ( ( 0 , 1 ] ) \mathcal{A} = \mathcal{P}((0,1]) A = P (( 0 , 1 ]) . Conversely, a stability function on the heart of a bounded t-structure, taking nonzero objects into { z : Im z > 0 } ∪ R < 0 \{z : \operatorname{Im} z > 0\} \cup\mathbb{R}_{<0} { z : Im z > 0 } ∪ R < 0 and satisfying the HN property, determines a slicing [8 Proposition 5.3] .
We will repeatedly use tilting of hearts. A torsion pair ( T , F ) (\mathcal{T}, \mathcal{F}) ( T , F ) consists of full subcategories of A \mathcal{A} A such that Hom ( T , F ) = 0 \operatorname{Hom}(\mathcal{T}, \mathcal{F}) = 0 Hom ( T , F ) = 0 and every E ∈ A E \in\mathcal{A} E ∈ A has an exact sequence $0 \to T \to E \to F \to 0$ with T ∈ T T \in\mathcal{T} T ∈ T and F ∈ F F \in\mathcal{F} F ∈ F . The tilted heart is the extension closure
A ′ = ⟨ F [ 1 ] , T ⟩ ⊂ C . \mathcal{A}' = \langle\mathcal{F}[1], \mathcal{T} \rangle\subset\mathcal{C}. A ′ = ⟨ F [ 1 ] , T ⟩ ⊂ C .
Equivalently, E ∈ A ′ E \in\mathcal{A}' E ∈ A ′ precisely when H A j ( E ) = 0 H^j_{\mathcal{A}}(E) = 0 H A j ( E ) = 0 for j ≠ − 1 , 0 j \ne-1,0 j = − 1 , 0 , H A − 1 ( E ) ∈ F H^{-1}_{\mathcal{A}}(E) \in\mathcal{F} H A − 1 ( E ) ∈ F , and H A 0 ( E ) ∈ T H^0_{\mathcal{A}}(E) \in\mathcal{T} H A 0 ( E ) ∈ T . Its aisle is U ′ = { E ∈ U : H A 0 ( E ) ∈ T } \mathcal{U}' = \{E \in\mathcal{U} : H^0_{\mathcal{A}}(E) \in\mathcal{T}\} U ′ = { E ∈ U : H A 0 ( E ) ∈ T } , so U [ 1 ] ⊂ U ′ ⊂ U \mathcal{U}[1] \subset\mathcal{U}' \subset\mathcal{U} U [ 1 ] ⊂ U ′ ⊂ U .
Enhancements.
We follow [25 Sections 2.2–2.3 and 4.5–4.6] for dg categories and enhancements. As a motivating example, let E , F E,F E , F be bounded complexes of coherent sheaves on a smooth projective variety X X X . Suitable resolutions produce a complex RHom ( E , F ) \operatorname{RHom}(E,F) RHom ( E , F ) whose k k k -th cohomology group is Hom D b ( X ) ( E , F [ k ] ) \operatorname{Hom}_{D^b(X)}(E,F[k]) Hom D b ( X ) ( E , F [ k ]) . A differential graded category , or dg category, retains these complexes. Thus every pair of objects has a cochain complex of morphisms Hom ∙ ( E , F ) \operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}(E,F) Hom ∙ ( E , F ) , and composition is compatible with the differential: d ( g f ) = d ( g ) f + ( − 1 ) deg g g d ( f ) d(gf) = d(g)f + (-1)^{\deg g}g\,d(f) d ( g f ) = d ( g ) f + ( − 1 ) d e g g g d ( f ) . Concrete enhancement models are described in [7 Section 5] . The homotopy category H 0 ( E ) H^0(\mathcal{E}) H 0 ( E ) of a dg category E \mathcal{E} E has the same objects and morphism spaces H 0 Hom ∙ ( E , F ) H^0\operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}(E,F) H 0 Hom ∙ ( E , F ) . For complexes the morphism differential is d ( f ) = d F f − ( − 1 ) deg f f d E d(f) = d_Ff - (-1)^{\deg f}f\,d_E d ( f ) = d F f − ( − 1 ) d e g f f d E ; degree-zero cycles are chain maps, and two chain maps have the same class in H 0 H^0 H 0 precisely when they are homotopic.
A dg category is pretriangulated if shifts and cones of closed degree-zero maps are represented, up to homotopy, by objects of the category. Its homotopy category is then triangulated. An enhancement of a triangulated category C \mathcal{C} C is such a dg category E \mathcal{E} E , together with an exact equivalence H 0 ( E ) ≃ C H^0(\mathcal{E}) \simeq\mathcal{C} H 0 ( E ) ≃ C . We use additive dg models, so finite direct sums exist at the dg level. Adding direct summands is called idempotent completion : every endomorphism e e e with e 2 = e e^2=e e 2 = e becomes the projection onto a direct summand. Idempotent completion preserves the triangulated structure [4 Definitions 1.1–1.2 and Theorem 1.5] . Our small triangulated categories are idempotent complete, with additive pretriangulated dg enhancements. Alongside enhancements of the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves, we will use the concrete models supplied by quiver representations and matrix factorizations.
A dg functor acts by chain maps on morphism complexes and preserves identities and composition. It is a quasi-equivalence if these chain maps induce isomorphisms in every cohomological degree and the induced functor on H 0 H^0 H 0 is essentially surjective. An enhanced functor is supplied with a dg lift, after replacing the models by quasi-equivalent ones when necessary.
An exact functor F F F is conservative if F ( E ) ≃ 0 F(E) \simeq0 F ( E ) ≃ 0 implies E ≃ 0 E \simeq0 E ≃ 0 . Equivalently, a morphism is an isomorphism whenever its image under F F F is an isomorphism.
Let E \mathcal{E} E be the chosen dg enhancement of a triangulated category C \mathcal{C} C . A right dg module over E \mathcal{E} E is a dg functor from E o p \mathcal{E}^{\mathrm{op}} E op to the dg category of cochain complexes of complex vector spaces [25 Section 3.1] . The basic examples are the representable right dg modules h E = Hom E ∙ ( − , E ) h_E=\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{E}}^{\bullet}(-,E) h E = Hom E ∙ ( − , E ) . The category Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) is obtained from the homotopy category of dg modules by inverting maps M → N M\to N M → N for which M ( E ) → N ( E ) M(E)\to N(E) M ( E ) → N ( E ) is a quasi-isomorphism for every object E E E [25 Section 3.2] . A dg module is called perfect if its image in Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) belongs to the smallest full triangulated subcategory containing the representable modules and closed under direct summands [25 Section 3.5] . We denote their category by Perf ( E ) \operatorname{Perf}(\mathcal{E}) Perf ( E ) . The dg Yoneda embedding E ↦ h E E\mapsto h_E E ↦ h E therefore induces an equivalence C ≃ Perf ( E ) \mathcal{C}\simeq\operatorname{Perf}(\mathcal{E}) C ≃ Perf ( E ) [25 Section 4.6] .
An object G ∈ C G\in\mathcal{C} G ∈ C is called a split generator if every object of C \mathcal{C} C can be obtained from G G G by finitely many shifts, cones, finite direct sums, and direct summands. An object E E E of Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) is called compact if Hom ( E , − ) \operatorname{Hom}(E,-) Hom ( E , − ) commutes with arbitrary coproducts. The compact objects are precisely the perfect modules [25 Corollary 3.7] , so the compact objects of Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) recover C \mathcal{C} C . For C = D b ( X ) \mathcal{C}=\mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X) C = D b ( X ) with X X X smooth projective, Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) is the unbounded derived category of quasi-coherent sheaves on X X X [25 Section 3.6] .
For dg enhancements E , F \mathcal{E},\mathcal{F} E , F of C , D \mathcal{C},\mathcal{D} C , D , their tensor product E ⊗ C F \mathcal{E}\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}\mathcal{F} E ⊗ C F is the dg category whose objects are pairs E ⊠ F E\boxtimes F E ⊠ F and whose morphism complexes are
Hom ∙ ( E ⊠ F , E ′ ⊠ F ′ ) = Hom E ∙ ( E , E ′ ) ⊗ C Hom F ∙ ( F , F ′ ) . \operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}(E\boxtimes F,E'\boxtimes F')=\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{E}}^{\bullet}(E,E')\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{F}}^{\bullet}(F,F'). Hom ∙ ( E ⊠ F , E ′ ⊠ F ′ ) = Hom E ∙ ( E , E ′ ) ⊗ C Hom F ∙ ( F , F ′ ) .
The differential and composition use the usual signs for tensor products of complexes. Over C \mathbb{C} C , this computes the derived dg tensor product [25 Sections 2.3 and 4.3] . The Morita tensor product of the enhanced triangulated categories is, by definition, C ⊗ D : = Perf ( E ⊗ C F ) \mathcal{C}\otimes\mathcal{D}:=\operatorname{Perf}(\mathcal{E}\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}\mathcal{F}) C ⊗ D := Perf ( E ⊗ C F ) . Here we take perfect right dg modules over the dg category just defined. Thus C ⊗ D \mathcal{C}\otimes\mathcal{D} C ⊗ D is generated by the representable modules of the pairs E ⊠ F E\boxtimes F E ⊠ F under shifts, cones, finite direct sums, and direct summands. For smooth projective varieties, this construction recovers the geometric product: D b ( X ) ⊗ D b ( Y ) ≃ D b ( X × Y ) \mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X)\otimes\mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(Y)\simeq\mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X\times Y) D b ( X ) ⊗ D b ( Y ) ≃ D b ( X × Y ) [7 Theorem 5.5] .
A dg category E \mathcal{E} E is proper if ⨁ k H k Hom ∙ ( E , F ) \bigoplus_k H^k\operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}(E,F) ⨁ k H k Hom ∙ ( E , F ) is finite dimensional for every pair of objects. A dg bimodule is a dg functor of two variables, contravariant in one and covariant in the other. In our right-module convention, the diagonal bimodule is the right module over E o p ⊗ E \mathcal{E}^{\mathrm{op}}\otimes\mathcal{E} E op ⊗ E given by ( E , F ) ↦ Hom ∙ ( F , E ) (E,F)\mapsto\operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}(F,E) ( E , F ) ↦ Hom ∙ ( F , E ) . The category is smooth if this bimodule is perfect [25 Section 4.7] . This is the categorical counterpart of the perfectness of O Δ \mathcal{O}_{\Delta} O Δ on X × X X\times X X × X for a smooth variety.
If E \mathcal{E} E is smooth and proper then C \mathcal{C} C has a split generator G G G [14 Lemma 2.5] , and a dg module M M M is perfect if and only if ⨁ k H k ( M ( G ) ) \bigoplus_k H^k(M(G)) ⨁ k H k ( M ( G )) is finite dimensional [44 Lemma 2.8 and Corollary 2.9] . Since G G G split-generates C \mathcal{C} C , finiteness at G G G is equivalent to finiteness at every object of C \mathcal{C} C .
Smoothness and properness also give Serre duality: C \mathcal{C} C has an exact autoequivalence S C \mathcal{S}_{\mathcal{C}} S C , called its Serre functor , with natural isomorphisms Hom ( E , F ) ∗ ≃ Hom ( F , S C E ) \operatorname{Hom}(E,F)^*\simeq\operatorname{Hom}(F,\mathcal{S}_{\mathcal{C}}E) Hom ( E , F ) ∗ ≃ Hom ( F , S C E ) . Existence follows from the preceding perfectness criterion and [6 Propositions 3.3 and 3.4(a)] . For D b ( X ) \mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) with X X X smooth projective, Serre duality gives S X = ( − ) ⊗ ω X [ dim X ] \mathcal{S}_X=(-)\otimes\omega_X[\dim X] S X = ( − ) ⊗ ω X [ dim X ] [6 Example 3.2(2)] .
Lemma 2.1. Let G G G split-generate C \mathcal{C} C . It suffices to check (6) with A = G A=G A = G and E E E semistable. If K n u m ( C ) K_{\mathrm{num}}(\mathcal{C}) K num ( C ) is a finite-rank lattice, any numerical stability condition with a total mass–Hom bound satisfies the support property on the full numerical lattice.
Proof. For every fixed A A A there is b A > 0 b_A>0 b A > 0 such that
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ] ) ≤ b A ∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( G , E [ n ] ) \sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(A,E[n])\leq b_A\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(G,E[n]) n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ]) ≤ b A n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( G , E [ n ])
for all E E E .
Indeed, the objects A A A admitting such a constant form a subcategory closed under shifts, cones, finite sums, and direct summands, and this subcategory contains G G G . Applying the bound for G G G to the HN factors of E E E and adding proves it for arbitrary E E E .
For the second assertion, choose objects A 1 , … , A s A_1,\ldots,A_s A 1 , … , A s whose Euler functionals separate numerical classes. Then
∥ u ∥ 2 = ∑ i χ ( A i , u ) 2 \lVert u\rVert^2=\sum_i\chi(A_i,u)^2 ∥ u ∥ 2 = i ∑ χ ( A i , u ) 2
is a norm on K n u m ( C ) R K_{\mathrm{num}}(\mathcal{C})_{\mathbb{R}} K num ( C ) R , and
∥ [ E ] ∥ 2 ≤ ∑ i ( ∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( A i , E [ n ] ) ) 2 ≤ ( ∑ i C A i 2 ) m σ ( E ) 2 . \lVert[E]\rVert^2\leq\sum_i\left(\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(A_i,E[n])\right)^2\leq\left(\sum_i C_{A_i}^2\right)m_{\sigma}(E)^2. ∥[ E ] ∥ 2 ≤ i ∑ ( n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( A i , E [ n ]) ) 2 ≤ ( i ∑ C A i 2 ) m σ ( E ) 2 .
For semistable E E E , its mass is ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ \lvert Z(E)\rvert ∣ Z ( E )∣ , proving the assertion. This is the Euler-pairing argument of [9 Theorem 2.1] , in its total-Hom formulation. □
For later use, this finite-rank hypothesis holds for D b ( X ) \mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) when X X X is a smooth projective complex variety [8 Section 1.3] . Indeed, the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem factors the Euler pairing through the finite-dimensional space H e v e n ( X , Q ) H^{\mathrm{even}}(X,\mathbb{Q}) H even ( X , Q ) ; finitely many integral Euler functionals therefore embed K n u m ( X ) K_{\mathrm{num}}(X) K num ( X ) into Z s \mathbb{Z}^s Z s . The same hypothesis holds for admissible subcategories of D b ( X ) \mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) , and for categories obtained from them by adjoining finitely many exceptional objects in a semiorthogonal decomposition. For an admissible embedding i i i , its right adjoint i ! i^! i ! is exact and satisfies i ! i ≃ id i^!i\simeq\operatorname{id} i ! i ≃ id [7 Proposition 1.16] . The adjunction identity χ ( i A , B ) = χ ( A , i ! B ) \chi(iA,B)=\chi(A,i^!B) χ ( i A , B ) = χ ( A , i ! B ) and Serre duality show that both functors descend to numerical groups. Thus the numerical group of an admissible subcategory is a direct summand of the ambient numerical group. More generally, the projection functors associated with a semiorthogonal decomposition split the numerical group into those of its components, [35 Section 1.1] .
Matrix factorizations
We follow the grading and translation conventions of [40 Section 2.2, especially Definition 2.6] . Let S = C [ x 1 , … , x N ] S=\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots,x_N] S = C [ x 1 , … , x N ] be positively graded, and let W ∈ S W\in S W ∈ S be a nonzero homogeneous polynomial of degree d d d . For a graded module we use M ( a ) j = M j + a M(a)_j=M_{j+a} M ( a ) j = M j + a . A graded matrix factorization of W W W is a pair of finite-rank graded free S S S -modules and degree-zero maps
P 0 → p 0 P 1 → p 1 P 0 ( d ) (7) P_0\xrightarrow{p_0}P_1\xrightarrow{p_1}P_0(d) \tag*{(7)} P 0 p 0 P 1 p 1 P 0 ( d ) (7)
such that p 1 p 0 = W id P 0 p_1p_0=W\operatorname{id}_{P_0} p 1 p 0 = W id P 0 and p 0 ( d ) p 1 = W id P 1 p_0(d)p_1=W\operatorname{id}_{P_1} p 0 ( d ) p 1 = W id P 1 . Modulo W W W , we can interpret (7) as a two-periodic complex, with an internal twist by d d d every two steps.
A morphism f : P → Q f:P\to Q f : P → Q consists of degree-zero maps f i : P i → Q i f_i:P_i\to Q_i f i : P i → Q i making both squares commute:
P 0 → p 0 P 1 → p 1 P 0 ( d ) f 0 ↓ f 1 ↓ f 0 ( d ) ↓ Q 0 → q 0 Q 1 → q 1 Q 0 ( d ) . \begin{CD}
P_0 @>{p_0}>> P_1 @>{p_1}>> P_0(d) \\
@V{f_0}VV @V{f_1}VV @V{f_0(d)}VV \\
Q_0 @>{q_0}>> Q_1 @>{q_1}>> Q_0(d).
\end{CD} P 0 f 0 ↓ ⏐ Q 0 p 0 q 0 P 1 f 1 ↓ ⏐ Q 1 p 1 q 1 P 0 ( d ) f 0 ( d ) ↓ ⏐ Q 0 ( d ) .
Two morphisms f , g : P → Q f,g:P\to Q f , g : P → Q are homotopic if there are degree-zero maps h 0 : P 0 → Q 1 ( − d ) h_0:P_0\to Q_1(-d) h 0 : P 0 → Q 1 ( − d ) and h 1 : P 1 → Q 0 h_1:P_1\to Q_0 h 1 : P 1 → Q 0 , shown by the dashed arrows below, satisfying the two identities that follow:
P 0 → p 0 P 1 → p 1 P 0 ( d ) h 0 ↓ h 1 ↓ h 0 ( d ) ↓ Q 1 ( − d ) → q 1 ( − d ) Q 0 → q 0 Q 1 → q 1 Q 0 ( d ) \begin{CD}
P_0 @>{p_0}>> P_1 @>{p_1}>> P_0(d) \\
@V{h_0}VV @V{h_1}VV @V{h_0(d)}VV \\
Q_1(-d) @>{q_1(-d)}>> Q_0 @>{q_0}>> Q_1 @>{q_1}>> Q_0(d)
\end{CD} P 0 h 0 ↓ ⏐ Q 1 ( − d ) p 0 q 1 ( − d ) P 1 h 1 ↓ ⏐ Q 0 p 1 q 0 P 0 ( d ) h 0 ( d ) ↓ ⏐ Q 1 q 1 Q 0 ( d )
f 0 − g 0 = q 1 ( − d ) h 0 + h 1 p 0 , f_0-g_0=q_1(-d)h_0+h_1p_0, f 0 − g 0 = q 1 ( − d ) h 0 + h 1 p 0 ,
f 1 − g 1 = q 0 h 1 + h 0 ( d ) p 1 . f_1-g_1=q_0h_1+h_0(d)p_1. f 1 − g 1 = q 0 h 1 + h 0 ( d ) p 1 .
These morphisms and homotopies arise from the standard dg category of matrix factorizations [3 Definitions 2.7 and 2.12] . Its degree-zero cycles are morphisms of factorizations, and its degree-zero boundaries are nullhomotopic morphisms. Thus H 0 H^0 H 0 gives morphisms modulo homotopy. We write MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) for the resulting homotopy category, with direct summands added.
Its translation functor [ 1 ] [1] [ 1 ] sends (7) to
P 1 → − p 1 P 0 ( d ) → − p 0 ( d ) P 1 ( d ) . P_1 \xrightarrow{-p_1} P_0(d) \xrightarrow{-p_0(d)} P_1(d). P 1 − p 1 P 0 ( d ) − p 0 ( d ) P 1 ( d ) .
Applying this translation twice shifts the internal grading by d d d . The internal grading shift τ \tau τ sends a factorization P P P to P ( 1 ) P(1) P ( 1 ) , obtained by shifting both modules and both maps by one. More generally, τ a P = P ( a ) \tau^aP=P(a) τ a P = P ( a ) . Thus
τ = ( 1 ) , τ d = ( d ) ≃ [ 2 ] . (8) \tau=(1),\qquad\tau^d=(d)\simeq[2]. \tag*{(8)} τ = ( 1 ) , τ d = ( d ) ≃ [ 2 ] . (8)
This explains the phase increment 2 / d 2/d 2/ d in Theorem 1.2: the grading shift is a categorical d d d th root of the double shift. There is another useful description. Put A = S / ( W ) A=S/(W) A = S / ( W ) and let D g r b ( A ) D^{\mathrm{b}}_{\mathrm{gr}}(A) D gr b ( A ) be the bounded derived category of finitely generated graded A A A -modules. The graded singularity category is the Verdier quotient
D s g g r ( A ) = D g r b ( A ) / Perf g r ( A ) . D^{\mathrm{gr}}_{\mathrm{sg}}(A)=D^{\mathrm{b}}_{\mathrm{gr}}(A)/\operatorname{Perf}^{\mathrm{gr}}(A). D sg gr ( A ) = D gr b ( A ) / Perf gr ( A ) .
Here Perf g r ( A ) \operatorname{Perf}^{\mathrm{gr}}(A) Perf gr ( A ) consists of complexes quasi-isomorphic to bounded complexes of finitely generated graded projective modules. The module coker ( p 0 ) \operatorname{coker}(p_0) coker ( p 0 ) of a matrix factorization is annihilated by W W W , hence is a graded A A A -module. Sending a factorization to this cokernel induces the equivalence MF g r ( W ) ≃ D s g g r ( A ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W)\simeq D^{\mathrm{gr}}_{\mathrm{sg}}(A) MF gr ( W ) ≃ D sg gr ( A ) , with idempotent completions included [40 Theorem 2.7] .
Suppose now that deg x i = 1 \deg x_i=1 deg x i = 1 for every i i i and that the projective hypersurface X = ( W = 0 ) ⊂ P N − 1 X=(W=0)\subset\mathbb{P}^{N-1} X = ( W = 0 ) ⊂ P N − 1 is smooth. Orlov’s theorem [34 Theorem 3.11] compares its derived category with MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) , according to the sign of N − d N-d N − d . If N > d N>d N > d , it identifies MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) with the residual category Ku ( X ) \operatorname{Ku}(X) Ku ( X ) . With the normalization used here, the semiorthogonal decomposition is
D b ( X ) = ⟨ Ku ( X ) , O X , O X ( 1 ) , … , O X ( N − d − 1 ) ⟩ . D^{\mathrm{b}}(X)=\langle\operatorname{Ku}(X),\mathcal{O}_X,\mathcal{O}_X(1),\ldots,\mathcal{O}_X(N-d-1)\rangle. D b ( X ) = ⟨ Ku ( X ) , O X , O X ( 1 ) , … , O X ( N − d − 1 )⟩ .
Equivalently,
Ku ( X ) = { E ∈ D b ( X ) : Hom ∙ ( O X ( j ) , E ) = 0 for 0 ≤ j < N − d } . \operatorname{Ku}(X)=\{E\in D^{\mathrm{b}}(X):\operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}(\mathcal{O}_X(j),E)=0\text{ for }0\leq j<N-d\}. Ku ( X ) = { E ∈ D b ( X ) : Hom ∙ ( O X ( j ) , E ) = 0 for 0 ≤ j < N − d } .
For N = d N=d N = d , MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) is equivalent to the whole of D b ( X ) D^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) . For N < d N<d N < d , it admits a semiorthogonal decomposition into a copy of D b ( X ) D^{\mathrm{b}}(X) D b ( X ) and d − N d-N d − N exceptional objects.
When N > d N>d N > d , the Orlov equivalence can be chosen so that τ \tau τ corresponds to the rotation functor : tensoring by O X ( 1 ) \mathcal{O}_X(1) O X ( 1 ) followed by left mutation through O X \mathcal{O}_X O X [2 Definition 6.11 and Theorem 6.13] .
The weighted version used in § 5 replaces X X X by the projective hypersurface stack [ ( W − 1 ( 0 ) ∖ { 0 } ) / C ∗ ] [(W^{-1}(0)\setminus\{0\})/\mathbb{C}^*] [( W − 1 ( 0 ) ∖ { 0 }) / C ∗ ] , where C ∗ \mathbb{C}^* C ∗ acts with the prescribed positive weights. The three cases are then determined by the sign of ∑ i deg x i − d \sum_i\deg x_i-d ∑ i deg x i − d [34 Theorem 2.5 and Remark 3.12] .
Thom–Sebastiani theorem
Let H H H be a finite group and C \mathcal{C} C an enhanced triangulated category. A coherent left action of H H H on C \mathcal{C} C consists of exact autoequivalences F h : C → C F_h:\mathcal{C}\to\mathcal{C} F h : C → C for h ∈ H h\in H h ∈ H and natural isomorphisms α g , h : F g F h → F g h \alpha_{g,h}:F_gF_h\to F_{gh} α g , h : F g F h → F g h . We normalize F 1 = id F_1=\operatorname{id} F 1 = id and α 1 , h = α h , 1 = id \alpha_{1,h}=\alpha_{h,1}=\operatorname{id} α 1 , h = α h , 1 = id . Associativity is the identity α g h , k ∘ ( α g , h F k ) = α g , h k ∘ ( F g α h , k ) \alpha_{gh,k}\circ(\alpha_{g,h}F_k)=\alpha_{g,hk}\circ(F_g\alpha_{h,k}) α g h , k ∘ ( α g , h F k ) = α g , hk ∘ ( F g α h , k ) between the two maps F g F h F k → F g h k F_gF_hF_k\to F_{ghk} F g F h F k → F g hk , g , h , k ∈ H g,h,k\in H g , h , k ∈ H . Fix an additive pretriangulated dg enhancement E \mathcal{E} E of C \mathcal{C} C , so that H 0 ( E ) ≃ C H^0(\mathcal{E})\simeq\mathcal{C} H 0 ( E ) ≃ C . We assume that the F h F_h F h lift to dg autoequivalences of E \mathcal{E} E and that the α g , h \alpha_{g,h} α g , h lift to closed degree-zero natural isomorphisms satisfying the same identities [15 Definition 8.1] .
An equivariant object is a pair ( E , ρ ) (E,\rho) ( E , ρ ) , where E ∈ C E \in\mathcal{C} E ∈ C and the isomorphisms ρ h : F h E ⟶ ∼ E \rho_h:F_hE \overset{\sim}{\longrightarrow} E ρ h : F h E ⟶ ∼ E satisfy
ρ 1 = id E , ρ g h ∘ α g , h , E = ρ g ∘ F g ( ρ h ) . \rho_1=\operatorname{id}_E,\qquad\rho_{gh}\circ\alpha_{g,h,E}=\rho_g\circ F_g(\rho_h). ρ 1 = id E , ρ g h ∘ α g , h , E = ρ g ∘ F g ( ρ h ) .
A morphism ( E , ρ ) ⟶ ( E ′ , ρ ′ ) (E,\rho)\longrightarrow(E',\rho') ( E , ρ ) ⟶ ( E ′ , ρ ′ ) is a morphism f : E ⟶ E ′ f:E\longrightarrow E' f : E ⟶ E ′ in C \mathcal{C} C satisfying f ∘ ρ h = ρ h ′ ∘ F h ( f ) f\circ\rho_h=\rho'_h\circ F_h(f) f ∘ ρ h = ρ h ′ ∘ F h ( f ) for every h ∈ H h\in H h ∈ H . These objects and morphisms form the equivariant category C H \mathcal{C}^H C H ; compare [15 Definitions 3.1 and 3.5] , written here for left actions. The dg category E H \mathcal{E}^H E H is defined similarly, using closed degree-zero equivariance isomorphisms and complexes of equivariant maps. Its category of perfect dg modules provides an enhancement of C H \mathcal{C}^H C H , and hence a triangulated structure [15 Theorem 8.7] . This uses our standing assumption that C \mathcal{C} C is idempotent complete.
The forgetful functor U : C H ⟶ C U:\mathcal{C}^H\longrightarrow\mathcal{C} U : C H ⟶ C sends ( E , ρ ) (E,\rho) ( E , ρ ) to E E E . In the other direction, induction sends X ∈ C X\in\mathcal{C} X ∈ C to I ( X ) = ⨁ h ∈ H F h X I(X)=\bigoplus_{h\in H}F_hX I ( X ) = ⨁ h ∈ H F h X . The maps α g , h \alpha_{g,h} α g , h permute these summands and define its equivariant structure. Since H H H is finite, I I I is both a left and a right adjoint to U U U [15 Lemma 3.8] . The adjunction map I ( U ( E , ρ ) ) ⟶ ( E , ρ ) I(U(E,\rho))\longrightarrow(E,\rho) I ( U ( E , ρ )) ⟶ ( E , ρ ) has components ρ h \rho_h ρ h . Over C \mathcal{C} C , it has an equivariant section with components ∣ H ∣ − 1 ρ h |H|^{-1}\rho_h ∣ H ∣ − 1 ρ h . Thus every equivariant object is a direct summand of an induced object [15 Lemma 3.9] . We say that the action preserves a stability condition σ = ( Z , P ) \sigma=(Z,\mathcal{P}) σ = ( Z , P ) on C \mathcal{C} C if
Z ∘ ( F h ) ∗ = Z , F h P ( ϕ ) = P ( ϕ ) ( h ∈ H , ϕ ∈ R ) . Z\circ(F_h)_*=Z,\qquad F_h\mathcal{P}(\phi)=\mathcal{P}(\phi)\quad(h\in H,\ \phi\in\mathbb{R}). Z ∘ ( F h ) ∗ = Z , F h P ( ϕ ) = P ( ϕ ) ( h ∈ H , ϕ ∈ R ) .
For an equivariant object ( E , ρ ) (E,\rho) ( E , ρ ) , write E j E_j E j for the successive terms of its HN filtration. Each term is a canonical phase truncation of E E E , retaining the HN factors above a chosen phase. Since F h F_h F h preserves phases, ρ h \rho_h ρ h induces a unique isomorphism ρ h j : F h E j ⟶ E j \rho_h^j:F_hE_j\longrightarrow E_j ρ h j : F h E j ⟶ E j compatible with the maps to E E E . The two compositions ρ g h j ∘ α g , h , E j \rho_{gh}^j\circ\alpha_{g,h,E_j} ρ g h j ∘ α g , h , E j , ρ g j ∘ F g ( ρ h j ) \rho_g^j\circ F_g(\rho_h^j) ρ g j ∘ F g ( ρ h j ) are induced by the same map F g F h E ⟶ E F_gF_hE\longrightarrow E F g F h E ⟶ E , so they agree by uniqueness of the truncation. The semistable factors inherit compatible structures in the same way. Thus the HN filtration lifts to C H \mathcal{C}^H C H . The induced charge and slicing are
Z H = Z ∘ U ∗ , P H ( ϕ ) = { ( E , ρ ) : E ∈ P ( ϕ ) } . Z^H=Z\circ U_*,\qquad\mathcal{P}^H(\phi)=\{(E,\rho):E\in\mathcal{P}(\phi)\}. Z H = Z ∘ U ∗ , P H ( ϕ ) = {( E , ρ ) : E ∈ P ( ϕ )} .
Lemma 4.3 proves the support property and numerical property; compare [30 Theorem 2.16 and Remark 2.17] .
The Thom–Sebastiani theorem relates a tensor product of matrix-factorization categories to the sum of their polynomials. The sum carries a grading that records the degree in each set of variables. Let f ( x ) f(x) f ( x ) and g ( y ) g(y) g ( y ) be degree-d d d homogeneous polynomials in disjoint sets of variables, each with an isolated critical point at the origin. Give the variables x i x_i x i degree e 1 e_1 e 1 and the variables y j y_j y j degree e 2 e_2 e 2 in the group
L = ( Z e 1 ⊕ Z e 2 ) / ⟨ d ( e 1 − e 2 ) ⟩ ≅ Z ⊕ Z / d . L=(\mathbb{Z}e_1\oplus\mathbb{Z}e_2)/\langle d(e_1-e_2)\rangle\cong\mathbb{Z}\oplus\mathbb{Z}/d. L = ( Z e 1 ⊕ Z e 2 ) / ⟨ d ( e 1 − e 2 )⟩ ≅ Z ⊕ Z / d .
Put S = C [ x 1 , … , x s , y 1 , … , y t ] S=\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots,x_s,y_1,\ldots,y_t] S = C [ x 1 , … , x s , y 1 , … , y t ] and η = d e 1 = d e 2 ∈ L \eta=de_1=de_2\in L η = d e 1 = d e 2 ∈ L , the common degree of f f f and g g g . An L L L -graded S S S -module is a decomposition M = ⨁ ℓ ∈ L M ℓ M=\bigoplus_{\ell\in L}M_\ell M = ⨁ ℓ ∈ L M ℓ with S a M b ⊆ M a + b S_aM_b\subseteq M_{a+b} S a M b ⊆ M a + b . Its grading shift is M ( a ) ℓ = M ℓ + a M(a)_\ell=M_{\ell+a} M ( a ) ℓ = M ℓ + a for a ∈ L a\in L a ∈ L . An L L L -graded matrix factorization of f + g f+g f + g consists of two finite-rank graded free modules P 0 , P 1 P_0,P_1 P 0 , P 1 , each a finite direct sum of shifts S ( a ) S(a) S ( a ) , and degree-zero maps
P 0 → p 0 P 1 → p 1 P 0 ( η ) P_0\xrightarrow{p_0}P_1\xrightarrow{p_1}P_0(\eta) P 0 p 0 P 1 p 1 P 0 ( η )
such that p 1 p 0 = ( f + g ) id P 0 p_1p_0=(f+g)\operatorname{id}_{P_0} p 1 p 0 = ( f + g ) id P 0 , p 0 ( η ) p 1 = ( f + g ) id P 1 p_0(\eta)p_1=(f+g)\operatorname{id}_{P_1} p 0 ( η ) p 1 = ( f + g ) id P 1 . Morphisms, homotopies, and the dg enhancement are defined as above, with grading shifts in L L L and η \eta η replaced by η \eta η . The homotopy category, with direct summands added, is denoted MF L ( f + g ) \operatorname{MF}^{L}(f+g) MF L ( f + g ) . The cohomological shift and the grading shift satisfy [ 2 ] ≃ ( η ) [2]\simeq(\eta) [ 2 ] ≃ ( η ) , just as for integer gradings.
The Thom–Sebastiani theorem [3 Theorem 1.1] gives an equivalence
MF gr ( f ) ⊗ MF gr ( g ) ≃ MF L ( f + g ) . \operatorname{MF}^{\operatorname{gr}}(f)\otimes\operatorname{MF}^{\operatorname{gr}}(g)\simeq\operatorname{MF}^{L}(f+g). MF gr ( f ) ⊗ MF gr ( g ) ≃ MF L ( f + g ) .
In the tensor product, degrees a a a and b b b combine to give a e 1 + b e 2 ae_1+be_2 a e 1 + b e 2 . Thus shifting the first or second factor by one shifts the L L L -grading by e 1 e_1 e 1 or e 2 e_2 e 2 , respectively. Section 4 treats the passage from this grading to ordinary integer grading.
Stability with quiver coefficients
Throughout this section, C \mathcal{C} C is an idempotent-complete triangulated category with a smooth proper dg enhancement E \mathcal{E} E . Given a stability condition on C \mathcal{C} C , we will study stability conditions on its tensor product C Q \mathcal{C}_{Q} C Q with a quiver category D b ( rep C Q ) \mathrm{D}^{\mathrm{b}}(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}} Q) D b ( rep C Q ) , where Q Q Q is a finite acyclic quiver.
An object of C Q \mathcal{C}_{Q} C Q is given by a quiver diagram . It specifies an object of C \mathcal{C} C at each vertex of Q Q Q and a morphism along each arrow. To form cones of maps between such diagrams functorially, we work with the dg modules introduced in Section 2.2. A dg quiver diagram consists of a right dg E \mathcal{E} E -module M i M_i M i at each vertex and a chain map M a : M i → M j M_a:M_i\to M_j M a : M i → M j along each arrow a : i → j a:i\to j a : i → j . Morphisms are families of chain maps commuting with the arrows. We identify homotopic morphisms and invert maps that are quasi-isomorphisms at every vertex, after evaluation at every object of E \mathcal{E} E . Let C Q \mathbb{C}Q C Q be the path category of the quiver: its objects are vertices and its morphisms are linear combinations of directed paths, all in degree zero. A dg quiver diagram is precisely a right dg module over E ⊗ ( C Q ) o p \mathcal{E}\otimes(\mathbb{C}Q)^{\mathrm{op}} E ⊗ ( C Q ) op . For the dg-module background, see [25 Sections 3.1–3.2 and 3.5] .
This construction belongs to the general theory of coherent quiver diagrams studied by Groth–Šťovíček [17 Sections 2–3] ; see also their treatment of type A A A in [18 ] . In the literature on stability conditions, Kawatani [24 Section 2.2] treats the case of A 2 A_2 A 2 and explains why forming diagrams in the enhancement retains more information than forming them in the triangulated category. Haiden–Katzarkov–Simpson [19 Sections 5.1 and 5.3] use A n A_n A n -diagrams with categorical coefficients to describe Fukaya categories of marked disks and their tensor-product models.
Let P i P_i P i be the standard projective representation of the quiver Q Q Q : its vector space at vertex j j j has a basis indexed by paths from i i i to j j j . For an arrow a : j → k a:j\to k a : j → k , the linear map ( P i ) j ⟶ ( P i ) k (P_i)_j\longrightarrow(P_i)_k ( P i ) j ⟶ ( P i ) k sends the basis vector indexed by a path p : i → j p:i\to j p : i → j to the basis vector indexed by the path a ∘ p : i → j → k a\circ p:i\to j\to k a ∘ p : i → j → k . For any dg quiver diagram M M M , the standard quiver resolution [11 Section 1] gives a short exact sequence
0 ⟶ ⨁ a : i → j P j ⊗ C M i ⟶ ⨁ i P i ⊗ C M i ⟶ M ⟶ 0. (9) 0\longrightarrow\bigoplus_{a:i\to j}P_j\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}M_i\longrightarrow\bigoplus_iP_i\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}M_i\longrightarrow M\longrightarrow0. \tag*{(9)} 0 ⟶ a : i → j ⨁ P j ⊗ C M i ⟶ i ⨁ P i ⊗ C M i ⟶ M ⟶ 0. (9)
To describe the maps, fix a vertex v v v . The middle term at v v v contains one copy of M i M_i M i for each directed path p : i → v p:i\to v p : i → v . On this copy, the right-hand map is M p : M i → M v M_p:M_i\to M_v M p : M i → M v , the composition of the arrow maps along p p p . The path of length zero at v v v contributes a copy of M v M_v M v on which this map is the identity, so the right-hand map is surjective. The left-hand term at v v v contains one copy of M i M_i M i for each arrow a : i → j a:i\to j a : i → j followed by a path p : j → v p:j\to v p : j → v . This copy maps into two summands of the middle term: by the identity into the copy of M i M_i M i indexed by the concatenated path p ∘ a p\circ a p ∘ a , and by − M a -M_a − M a into the copy of M j M_j M j indexed by p p p . Their images in M v M_v M v cancel, since M p ∘ a = M p ∘ M a M_{p\circ a}=M_p\circ M_a M p ∘ a = M p ∘ M a . Thus the left-hand map records the relation between two ways of following the same path: either keep its first arrow as part of the path, or apply that arrow to the coefficient object first.
The resolution gives a criterion for perfectness in terms of the vertex modules.
Lemma 3.1. Let Q Q Q be a finite acyclic quiver and M M M a dg quiver diagram of shape Q Q Q . Then M M M is perfect as a right module over E ⊗ ( C Q ) o p \mathcal{E}\otimes(\mathbb{C}Q)^{\mathrm{op}} E ⊗ ( C Q ) op if and only if every vertex module M i M_i M i is perfect over E \mathcal{E} E .
Proof. Perfect modules are obtained from representable modules by taking shifts, cones, finite direct sums, and direct summands. For an object A ∈ E A\in\mathcal{E} A ∈ E , write h A = Hom E ∙ ( − , A ) h_A=\operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}_{\mathcal{E}}(-,A) h A = Hom E ∙ ( − , A ) . The objects of the tensor-product dg category E ⊗ ( C Q ) \mathcal{E}\otimes(\mathbb{C}Q) E ⊗ ( C Q ) are ( A , j ) (A,j) ( A , j ) , consisting of an object A A A of E \mathcal{E} E and a vertex j j j of Q Q Q . The right module represented by ( A , j ) (A,j) ( A , j ) assigns to another object ( B , v ) (B,v) ( B , v ) the complex
Hom E ⊗ ( C Q ) o p ∙ ( ( B , v ) , ( A , j ) ) = Hom E ∙ ( B , A ) ⊗ C Hom C Q ( j , v ) = ⨁ p : j → v h A ( B ) . \operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}_{\mathcal{E}\otimes(\mathbb{C}Q)^{\mathrm{op}}}((B,v),(A,j))=\operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}_{\mathcal{E}}(B,A)\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathbb{C}Q}(j,v)=\bigoplus_{p:j\to v}h_A(B). Hom E ⊗ ( C Q ) op ∙ (( B , v ) , ( A , j )) = Hom E ∙ ( B , A ) ⊗ C Hom C Q ( j , v ) = p : j → v ⨁ h A ( B ) .
Thus, viewed as a quiver diagram of E \mathcal{E} E -modules, this representable module has one copy of h A h_A h A at vertex v v v for each path j → v j\to v j → v . Its arrow maps concatenate paths, acting by the identity on h A h_A h A . This is exactly the diagram P j ⊗ C h A P_j\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}h_A P j ⊗ C h A .
Since P j ⊗ C − P_j\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}- P j ⊗ C − preserves shifts, cones, finite direct sums, and direct summands, it sends any perfect E \mathcal{E} E -module to a perfect module over this tensor product. Thus, if every M i M_i M i is perfect, so is each term P j ⊗ C M i P_j\otimes_{\mathbb{C}}M_i P j ⊗ C M i in the resolution (9). Both sums are finite, because Q Q Q has finitely many vertices and arrows. The resolution identifies M M M , in the derived category, with the cone of the map between these two perfect modules. It follows that M M M is perfect as well.
Conversely, evaluate a representable diagram at a vertex v v v : ( P j ⊗ C Q h A ) v = ⨁ p : j → v h A (P_j \otimes_{\mathbb{C}Q} h_A)_v = \bigoplus_{p:j\to v} h_A ( P j ⊗ C Q h A ) v = ⨁ p : j → v h A . There is one summand for each directed path from j j j to v v v . Since Q Q Q is finite and acyclic, there are only finitely many such paths, so this is a perfect E \mathcal{E} E -module. Evaluation at v v v preserves shifts, cones, finite direct sums, and direct summands. It therefore sends every perfect module over E ⊗ ( C Q ) o p \mathcal{E} \otimes(\mathbb{C}Q)^{\mathrm{op}} E ⊗ ( C Q ) op to a perfect E \mathcal{E} E -module. In particular, if M M M is perfect, then every vertex module M v M_v M v is perfect. □ \square □
Lemma 3.1 is a special case of Toën–Vaquié’s criterion [44 Definition 2.7 and Lemma 2.8(3)] . For dg categories T T T and T ′ T' T ′ , they call a right module over T ⊗ L T ′ T \otimes^{\mathbb{L}} T' T ⊗ L T ′ pseudo-perfect relative to T ′ T' T ′ if its evaluation at every object of T T T is a perfect T ′ T' T ′ -module. When T T T is smooth and proper, this condition is equivalent to perfectness over T ⊗ L T ′ T \otimes^{\mathbb{L}} T' T ⊗ L T ′ . In our setting, take T = ( C Q ) o p T = (\mathbb{C}Q)^{\mathrm{op}} T = ( C Q ) op and T ′ = E T' = \mathcal{E} T ′ = E . Evaluation at an object of T T T is simply evaluation at a vertex of Q Q Q , so relative pseudo-perfectness means that each M i M_i M i is perfect. The quiver factor is proper because its path spaces are finite-dimensional, and smooth because its diagonal has a finite resolution by finitely generated projective bimodules. The explicit quiver argument above makes this general criterion concrete. It also shows that no smoothness or properness assumption on E \mathcal{E} E is needed for this particular lemma.
Thus quiver diagrams with perfect vertex modules give the category
C Q = Perf ( E ⊗ ( C Q ) o p ) ≃ C ⊗ D b ( rep C Q ) . \mathcal{C}_Q = \operatorname{Perf}(\mathcal{E} \otimes(\mathbb{C}Q)^{\mathrm{op}}) \simeq\mathcal{C} \otimes\mathcal{D}^{b}(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}} Q). C Q = Perf ( E ⊗ ( C Q ) op ) ≃ C ⊗ D b ( rep C Q ) .
Lemma 3.2. A bounded t t t -structure on C \mathcal{C} C induces a bounded t t t -structure on C Q \mathcal{C}_Q C Q with
C Q ≤ 0 = { M : M i ∈ C ≤ 0 } , C Q ≥ 0 = { M : M i ∈ C ≥ 0 } . \mathcal{C}_Q^{\leq0} = \{M : M_i \in\mathcal{C}^{\leq0}\}, \qquad\mathcal{C}_Q^{\geq0} = \{M : M_i \in\mathcal{C}^{\geq0}\}. C Q ≤ 0 = { M : M i ∈ C ≤ 0 } , C Q ≥ 0 = { M : M i ∈ C ≥ 0 } .
If H \mathcal{H} H is the heart on C \mathcal{C} C , the induced heart is naturally equivalent to Rep ( Q , H ) \operatorname{Rep}(Q,\mathcal{H}) Rep ( Q , H ) . Its kernels, cokernels, and exact sequences are computed at each vertex. We call this the standard heart on C Q \mathcal{C}_Q C Q associated with H \mathcal{H} H .
Proof. Extend the t t t -structure on C \mathcal{C} C to Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) using [36 Lemma 2.1.1] . By [38 Theorem A] , the extended t t t -structure induces a pointwise t t t -structure on Ind ( C Q ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}_Q) Ind ( C Q ) , viewed as the category of quiver diagrams with coefficients in Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) . Its heart consists of quiver diagrams in the heart of the extended t t t -structure. Since truncations preserve C \mathcal{C} C , this t t t -structure restricts to diagrams with perfect vertices, hence to C Q \mathcal{C}_Q C Q . It is bounded because Q Q Q has finitely many vertices. Its heart is Rep ( Q , H ) \operatorname{Rep}(Q,\mathcal{H}) Rep ( Q , H ) , where kernels, cokernels, and exact sequences are computed at each vertex. □ \square □
Proposition 3.3 (Takahashi). Let d ≥ 2 d \geq2 d ≥ 2 , and let Q Q Q be the quiver A d − 1 A_{d-1} A d − 1 with any orientation. Write rep C Q \operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}} Q rep C Q for its category of finite-dimensional complex representations. There is an enhanced equivalence
Φ : MF g r ( x d ) → ∼ D b ( rep C Q ) (10) \Phi: \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(x^d) \xrightarrow{\sim} \mathcal{D}^{b}(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}} Q) \tag*{(10)} Φ : MF gr ( x d ) ∼ D b ( rep C Q ) (10) that sends the internal grading shift τ \tau τ of MF g r ( x d ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(x^d) MF gr ( x d ) to S Q − 1 [ 1 ] S_Q^{-1}[1] S Q − 1 [ 1 ] , where S Q S_Q S Q is the Serre functor on D b ( rep C Q ) \mathcal{D}^{b}(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}} Q) D b ( rep C Q ) . In particular,
S M F ≃ τ − 1 [ 1 ] , S M F d ≃ [ d − 2 ] . (11) S_{\mathrm{MF}} \simeq\tau^{-1}[1], \qquad S_{\mathrm{MF}}^{d} \simeq[d-2]. \tag*{(11)} S MF ≃ τ − 1 [ 1 ] , S MF d ≃ [ d − 2 ] . (11)
Proof. We recall Takahashi’s construction [39 ] for the linear orientation of the quiver, with all arrows pointing in the same direction. Put R = C [ x ] R = \mathbb{C}[x] R = C [ x ] , with deg x = 1 \deg x = 1 deg x = 1 . The matrix factorizations
E ℓ = ( R → x ℓ R ( ℓ ) → x d − ℓ R ( d ) ) , 1 ≤ ℓ ≤ d − 1 , E_\ell= \left(R \xrightarrow{x^\ell} R(\ell) \xrightarrow{x^{d-\ell}} R(d)\right), \qquad1 \leq\ell\leq d-1, E ℓ = ( R x ℓ R ( ℓ ) x d − ℓ R ( d ) ) , 1 ≤ ℓ ≤ d − 1 ,
split-generate MF g r ( x d ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(x^d) MF gr ( x d ) and satisfy
Hom ( E k , E ℓ [ n ] ) = { C , n = 0 and k ≤ ℓ , 0 , otherwise . (12) \operatorname{Hom}(E_k,E_\ell[n]) =
\begin{cases}
\mathbb{C}, & n=0 \text{ and } k \leq\ell,\\
0, & \text{otherwise}.
\end{cases} \tag*{(12)} Hom ( E k , E ℓ [ n ]) = { C , 0 , n = 0 and k ≤ ℓ , otherwise . (12)
For k ≤ ℓ k \leq\ell k ≤ ℓ , the maps f k ℓ = ( 1 , x ℓ − k ) f_{k\ell} = (1,x^{\ell-k}) f k ℓ = ( 1 , x ℓ − k ) span Hom ( E k , E ℓ ) \operatorname{Hom}(E_k,E_\ell) Hom ( E k , E ℓ ) and satisfy f ℓ m f k ℓ = f k m f_{\ell m}f_{k\ell}=f_{km} f ℓ m f k ℓ = f k m .
Thus ( E 1 , … , E d − 1 ) (E_1,\ldots,E_{d-1}) ( E 1 , … , E d − 1 ) is a full strong exceptional collection. Put T = ⨁ ℓ = 1 d − 1 E ℓ T = \bigoplus_{\ell=1}^{d-1} E_\ell T = ⨁ ℓ = 1 d − 1 E ℓ and B = End ( T ) B = \operatorname{End}(T) B = End ( T ) . The composition rule identifies B B B with the path algebra of the quiver 1 → 2 → ⋯ → d − 1 1 \to2 \to\cdots\to d-1 1 → 2 → ⋯ → d − 1 . The equivalence theorem for full strong exceptional collections [35 Corollary 1.9] , with its dg enhancement [25 Theorem 3.8(b) and Section 3.8] , gives an enhanced equivalence
Ψ : MF g r ( x d ) → ∼ Perf ( B ) , E ⟼ RHom ( T , E ) . \Psi: \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(x^d) \xrightarrow{\sim} \operatorname{Perf}(B), \qquad E \longmapsto\operatorname{RHom}(T,E). Ψ : MF gr ( x d ) ∼ Perf ( B ) , E ⟼ RHom ( T , E ) .
The same theorem identifies Perf ( B ) \operatorname{Perf}(B) Perf ( B ) with the bounded derived category of finite-dimensional right B B B -modules. The right action is by precomposition. Thus, writing V i = RHom ( E i , E ) V_i=\operatorname{RHom}(E_i,E) V i = RHom ( E i , E ) , the arrows reverse direction. For example, when d = 5 d=5 d = 5 the two chains are
E 1 → f 12 E 2 → f 23 E 3 → f 34 E 4 E_1 \xrightarrow{f_{12}} E_2 \xrightarrow{f_{23}} E_3 \xrightarrow{f_{34}} E_4 E 1 f 12 E 2 f 23 E 3 f 34 E 4
V 1 ← f 12 ∗ V 2 ← f 23 ∗ V 3 ← f 34 ∗ V 4 . V_1 \xleftarrow{f_{12}^{*}} V_2 \xleftarrow{f_{23}^{*}} V_3 \xleftarrow{f_{34}^{*}} V_4. V 1 f 12 ∗ V 2 f 23 ∗ V 3 f 34 ∗ V 4 .
Here f i , i + 1 ∗ f_{i,i+1}^{*} f i , i + 1 ∗ means precomposition with f i , i + 1 f_{i,i+1} f i , i + 1 . Relabeling vertex i i i as d − i d-i d − i makes the bottom chain point to the right and gives (10) for the linear orientation.
Takahashi proves the triangulated equivalence (10) in [39 Theorem 3.1] . His trace pairing identifies F = τ − 1 [ 1 ] F=\tau^{-1}[1] F = τ − 1 [ 1 ] with the Serre functor S M F S_{\mathrm{MF}} S MF [39 Lemma 3.5 and Remark 3.6] . On Perf ( B ) \operatorname{Perf}(B) Perf ( B ) , the Serre functor is given by [26 Section 5.5]
N ⟼ N ⊗ B L D ( B ) , D ( B ) = Hom C ( B , C ) . N \longmapsto N\otimes_B^{\mathbb{L}}D(B), \qquad D(B)=\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathbb{C}}(B,\mathbb{C}). N ⟼ N ⊗ B L D ( B ) , D ( B ) = Hom C ( B , C ) .
Under Ψ \Psi Ψ , the functor F F F becomes N ↦ N ⊗ B L M N\mapsto N\otimes_B^{\mathbb{L}}M N ↦ N ⊗ B L M , where M = RHom ( T , F T ) M=\operatorname{RHom}(T,FT) M = RHom ( T , F T ) and the left B B B -action is induced by F F F on endomorphisms of T T T . To compare the functors at the enhanced level, it therefore suffices to identify M M M with D ( B ) D(B) D ( B ) . Serre duality for T [ − n ] T[-n] T [ − n ] and T T T gives
H n ( M ) = Hom ( T , F T [ n ] ) ≃ Hom ( T [ − n ] , F T ) ≃ Hom ( T , T [ − n ] ) ∗ . H^n(M)=\operatorname{Hom}(T,FT[n])\simeq\operatorname{Hom}(T[-n],FT)\simeq\operatorname{Hom}(T,T[-n])^{*}. H n ( M ) = Hom ( T , F T [ n ]) ≃ Hom ( T [ − n ] , F T ) ≃ Hom ( T , T [ − n ] ) ∗ .
By (12) , this vanishes for n ≠ 0 n\ne0 n = 0 , while H 0 ( M ) ≃ End ( T ) ∗ = D ( B ) H^0(M)\simeq\operatorname{End}(T)^{*}=D(B) H 0 ( M ) ≃ End ( T ) ∗ = D ( B ) . Naturality makes this identification compatible with both B B B -actions. Truncation therefore gives M ≃ D ( B ) M\simeq D(B) M ≃ D ( B ) as bimodules, proving the required compatibility with the enhancements.
To pass to arbitrary orientations of the quiver, we use the derived Bernstein–Gelfand–Ponomarev reflection functors. Let i i i be a source of Q Q Q , so all arrows incident to i i i point outwards, and let Q ′ Q' Q ′ be the quiver obtained by reversing these arrows. For a complex V V V of Q Q Q -representations, the reflection replaces V i V_i V i by Cone ( V i → ⨁ i → j V j ) \operatorname{Cone}(V_i\to\bigoplus_{i\to j}V_j) Cone ( V i → ⨁ i → j V j ) and leaves the other vertex complexes unchanged. The reversed arrows are the natural maps from the neighboring complexes V j V_j V j to this cone. At an interior source vertex of Q Q Q with outgoing arrows a a a and b b b , put u = ( a , b ) u=(a,b) u = ( a , b ) and C = Cone ( u ) C=\operatorname{Cone}(u) C = Cone ( u ) . The reflection has the following local picture:
V i − 1 ← a V i → b V i + 1 → G V i − 1 → j − C ← j + V i + 1 V_{i-1}\xleftarrow{a}V_i\xrightarrow{b}V_{i+1}
\;\xrightarrow{G}\;
V_{i-1}\xrightarrow{j^{-}}C\xleftarrow{j^{+}}V_{i+1} V i − 1 a V i b V i + 1 G V i − 1 j − C j + V i + 1
Both new arrows come from the same distinguished triangle:
V i → u V i − 1 ⊕ V i + 1 → ( j − , j + ) C ⟶ V i [ 1 ] (13) V_i\xrightarrow{u}V_{i-1}\oplus V_{i+1}\xrightarrow{(j^{-},j^{+})}C\longrightarrow V_i[1] \tag*{(13)} V i u V i − 1 ⊕ V i + 1 ( j − , j + ) C ⟶ V i [ 1 ] (13)
At an endpoint there is only one neighboring term. In Q ′ Q' Q ′ , the vertex i i i is a sink: all adjacent arrows point towards it. For a complex W W W of Q ′ Q' Q ′ -representations, the inverse is given at i i i by
( G − 1 W ) i ≃ Cone ( ⨁ j → i W j ⟶ W i ) [ − 1 ] . (14) (G^{-1}W)_i\simeq\operatorname{Cone}\left(\bigoplus_{j\to i}W_j\longrightarrow W_i\right)[-1]. \tag*{(14)} ( G − 1 W ) i ≃ Cone ( j → i ⨁ W j ⟶ W i ) [ − 1 ] . (14)
Rotating the triangle (13) shows that this recovers V i V_i V i and its outgoing arrows. The two constructions give an equivalence of categories
G : D b ( rep C Q ) → ∼ D b ( rep C Q ′ ) . G:\mathrm{D}^{b}(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}}Q)\xrightarrow{\sim}\mathrm{D}^{b}(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}}Q'). G : D b ( rep C Q ) ∼ D b ( rep C Q ′ ) .
For the classical construction and its realization as a derived tensor product with a complex of bimodules, see [26 Section 9.1] . This realization also gives G G G a dg lift. We can also see explicitly that this equivalence intertwines the Serre functors. For X , Y ∈ D b ( rep C Q ) X,Y\in\mathrm{D}^{b}(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}}Q) X , Y ∈ D b ( rep C Q ) , there are natural quasi-isomorphisms
RHom Q ′ ( G X , G Y ) ∨ ≃ RHom Q ( X , Y ) ∨ ≃ RHom Q ( Y , S Q X ) ≃ RHom Q ′ ( G Y , G S Q X ) . \operatorname{RHom}_{Q'}(GX,GY)^{\vee}\simeq\operatorname{RHom}_{Q}(X,Y)^{\vee}\simeq\operatorname{RHom}_{Q}(Y,S_QX)\simeq\operatorname{RHom}_{Q'}(GY,GS_QX). RHom Q ′ ( GX , G Y ) ∨ ≃ RHom Q ( X , Y ) ∨ ≃ RHom Q ( Y , S Q X ) ≃ RHom Q ′ ( G Y , G S Q X ) .
Here ∨ \vee ∨ denotes the dual complex of vector spaces. The first and last maps come from the dg lift of G G G , and the middle map is Serre duality. Thus G S Q X GS_QX G S Q X and S Q ′ G X S_{Q'}GX S Q ′ GX represent the same dg module, giving G S Q ≃ S Q ′ G GS_Q\simeq S_{Q'}G G S Q ≃ S Q ′ G at the enhanced level.
Every orientation of a path can be made linear: move the leftmost left-pointing arrow to the left endpoint by sink reflections, reverse it by reflecting at that endpoint, and repeat. For example, consider a path on four vertices. In the following diagrams, a label i i i denotes reflection at the sink i i i , and the blue arrow is the left-pointing arrow being moved:
( 1 → 2 ← 3 ← 4 ) → 2 ( 1 ← 2 → 3 ← 4 ) → 1 ( 1 → 2 → 3 ← 4 ) . (1 \to2 \leftarrow3 \leftarrow4) \xrightarrow{2} (1 \leftarrow2 \to3 \leftarrow4) \xrightarrow{1} (1 \to2 \to3 \leftarrow4). ( 1 → 2 ← 3 ← 4 ) 2 ( 1 ← 2 → 3 ← 4 ) 1 ( 1 → 2 → 3 ← 4 ) .
Repeat with the remaining left-pointing arrow:
( 1 → 2 → 3 ← 4 ) → 3 ( 1 → 2 ← 3 → 4 ) → 2 ( 1 ← 2 → 3 → 4 ) → 1 ( 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 ) . (1 \to2 \to3 \leftarrow4) \xrightarrow{3} (1 \to2 \leftarrow3 \to4) \xrightarrow{2} (1 \leftarrow2 \to3 \to4) \xrightarrow{1} (1 \to2 \to3 \to4). ( 1 → 2 → 3 ← 4 ) 3 ( 1 → 2 ← 3 → 4 ) 2 ( 1 ← 2 → 3 → 4 ) 1 ( 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 ) .
Each pass removes one left-pointing arrow, so the procedure terminates. Consequently, τ \tau τ corresponds to S Q − 1 [ 1 ] S_Q^{-1}[1] S Q − 1 [ 1 ] for every orientation. Finally, τ d ≃ [ 2 ] \tau^d \simeq[2] τ d ≃ [ 2 ] gives (11) . □
Definition 3.4. Fix d ≥ 2 d \ge2 d ≥ 2 . Let Q d Q_d Q d be the A d − 1 A_{d-1} A d − 1 quiver on vertices 1 , … , d − 1 1,\ldots,d-1 1 , … , d − 1 , with each edge oriented from its odd endpoint to its even endpoint, as in Figure 1 . For d = 2 d=2 d = 2 , the quiver consists of a single vertex. Let Q d o p Q_d^{\mathrm{op}} Q d op be the quiver obtained by reversing every arrow, and set
Q d = D b ( rep C Q d ) , Q ^ d = D b ( rep C ( Q d □ Q d o p ) ) . \mathcal{Q}_d = \mathrm{D}^{b}(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}} Q_d), \qquad\widehat{\mathcal{Q}}_d = \mathrm{D}^{b}\left(\operatorname{rep}_{\mathbb{C}}(Q_d \mathbin{\square} Q_d^{\mathrm{op}})\right). Q d = D b ( rep C Q d ) , Q d = D b ( rep C ( Q d □ Q d op ) ) . In Q d Q_d Q d , write x i x_i x i for vertex i i i when i i i is odd and y i y_i y i when i i i is even; use the opposite labels in Q d o p Q_d^{\mathrm{op}} Q d op . Thus the arrows are precisely x i → y j x_i \to y_j x i → y j for ∣ i − j ∣ = 1 |i-j|=1 ∣ i − j ∣ = 1 . For d = 2 d=2 d = 2 , we designate the first isolated vertex x 1 x_1 x 1 as a source and the second y 1 y_1 y 1 as a target.
Figure 1. Alternating quiver Q d Q_d Q d .
Let B = C ⊕ ( d − 1 ) \mathcal{B}=\mathbb{C}^{\oplus(d-1)} B = C ⊕ ( d − 1 ) . The adjacency functor F : B → B F:\mathcal{B}\to\mathcal{B} F : B → B collects the neighboring entries of a tuple:
( F B ) i = B i − 1 ⊕ B i + 1 , where B 0 = B d = 0. (15) (FB)_i=B_{i-1}\oplus B_{i+1}, \qquad\text{where } B_0=B_d=0. \tag*{(15)} ( F B ) i = B i − 1 ⊕ B i + 1 , where B 0 = B d = 0. (15)
The functor F F F is exact and self-adjoint: Hom B ( F B , B ′ ) ≃ Hom B ( B , F B ′ ) \operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{B}}(F B,B')\simeq\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{B}}(B,F B') Hom B ( F B , B ′ ) ≃ Hom B ( B , F B ′ ) .
For a quiver diagram, write X i X_i X i for the object at the vertex labeled x i x_i x i and Y i Y_i Y i for the object at the vertex labeled y i y_i y i . These form two tuples X = ( X i ) X=(X_i) X = ( X i ) and Y = ( Y i ) Y=(Y_i) Y = ( Y i ) in B \mathcal{B} B . The arrows leaving x i x_i x i end at its neighboring vertices y i − 1 y_{i-1} y i − 1 and y i + 1 y_{i+1} y i + 1 . Their maps therefore combine into a single map m i : X i → ( F Y ) i m_i:X_i\to(FY)_i m i : X i → ( F Y ) i . In this notation, the entire quiver diagram is written as
E = ( X → m F Y ) , m i : X i → Y i − 1 ⊕ Y i + 1 . E=(X \xrightarrow{m} FY), \qquad m_i:X_i\to Y_{i-1}\oplus Y_{i+1}. E = ( X m F Y ) , m i : X i → Y i − 1 ⊕ Y i + 1 .
Figure 2 illustrates this description for d = 5 d=5 d = 5 , showing how the objects on the two paths are collected into tuples and how their arrows give the components of m m m . We interpret these maps using dg modules and chain maps, so that their cones are functorial.
Figure 2. A quiver diagram for d = 5 d=5 d = 5 .
Definition 3.5. For a quiver diagram E = ( X → m F Y ) E=(X\xrightarrow{m}FY) E = ( X m F Y ) , put
C i = Cone ( X i → m i Y i − 1 ⊕ Y i + 1 ) , C = ( C i ) = Cone ( m ) . C_i=\operatorname{Cone}\left(X_i\xrightarrow{m_i}Y_{i-1}\oplus Y_{i+1}\right), \qquad C=(C_i)=\operatorname{Cone}(m). C i = Cone ( X i m i Y i − 1 ⊕ Y i + 1 ) , C = ( C i ) = Cone ( m ) . The reflection functor R R R on C ⊗ Q ^ d \mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathcal{Q}}_d C ⊗ Q d applies source reflection at every vertex x i x_i x i . These reflections can be performed simultaneously, since no two sources are joined by an arrow. We then relabel
the old target y i y_i y i as the new source x i x_i x i , and place the cone C i C_i C i at the new target y i y_i y i . Thus the new source tuple is Y Y Y , the new target tuple is C C C , and
R E = ( Y → m ′ F C ) . RE=(Y\xrightarrow{m'}FC). R E = ( Y m ′ F C ) .
For ∣ i − j ∣ = 1 |i-j|=1 ∣ i − j ∣ = 1 , the map along the new arrow x i → y j x_i\to y_j x i → y j is Y i → Y j − 1 ⊕ Y j + 1 → C j Y_i\to Y_{j-1}\oplus Y_{j+1}\to C_j Y i → Y j − 1 ⊕ Y j + 1 → C j , where the first map is the inclusion of a summand and the second is the canonical map to the cone. With this relabeling, R R R exchanges the two quiver components for d ≥ 3 d\ge3 d ≥ 3 .
The path-reversal functor Π \Pi Π reverses the vertex indices while preserving the source and target labels. Write ( J B ) i = B d − i (JB)_i=B_{d-i} ( J B ) i = B d − i for reversal of a tuple. Then Π E = ( J X → J m J Y ≃ F J Y ) \Pi E=(JX\xrightarrow{Jm}JY\simeq FJY) Π E = ( J X J m J Y ≃ F J Y ) . The identification J F Y ≃ F J Y JFY\simeq FJY J F Y ≃ F J Y exchanges the two neighboring summands. Thus Π E \Pi E Π E has X d − i X_{d-i} X d − i at x i x_i x i and Y d − i Y_{d-i} Y d − i at y i y_i y i , and its map along x i → y j x_i\to y_j x i → y j is the original map X d − i → Y d − j X_{d-i}\to Y_{d-j} X d − i → Y d − j . On morphisms, Π \Pi Π applies the same permutation of indices. It exchanges the two components of the quiver when d d d is odd and preserves them when d d d is even.
For d = 2 d=2 d = 2 , the adjacency functor is zero, so these formulas become R ( X , Y ) = ( Y , X [ 1 ] ) R(X,Y)=(Y,X[1]) R ( X , Y ) = ( Y , X [ 1 ]) and Π = id \Pi=\operatorname{id} Π = id . Taking C = Perf ( C ) \mathcal{C}=\operatorname{Perf}(\mathbb{C}) C = Perf ( C ) gives the corresponding functors on Q ^ d \widehat{\mathcal{Q}}_d Q d itself.
Figure 3 illustrates the two functors for d = 5 d=5 d = 5 .
Figure 3. Quivers for d = 5 d=5 d = 5 . Both functors R R R and Π \Pi Π exchange the two components.
Lemma 3.6. The functor R R R is an enhanced autoequivalence, and Π \Pi Π is an enhanced involution commuting with R R R . There are natural isomorphisms of enhanced functors
R 2 ≃ S Q ^ d − 1 [ 1 ] , R d ≃ Π [ 1 ] , R^2\simeq S_{\widehat{\mathcal{Q}}_d}^{-1}[1],\qquad R^d\simeq\Pi[1], R 2 ≃ S Q d − 1 [ 1 ] , R d ≃ Π [ 1 ] , on Q ^ d \widehat{\mathcal{Q}}_d Q d and on C ⊗ Q ^ d \mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathcal{Q}}_d C ⊗ Q d , where the Serre functor acts on the quiver factor only.
Proof. Reversing the path twice fixes every vertex, and reversal commutes with the cone construction. Thus Π 2 ≃ id \Pi^2\simeq\operatorname{id} Π 2 ≃ id and Π R ≃ R Π \Pi R\simeq R\Pi Π R ≃ R Π . Each source reflection is an enhanced equivalence [17 Theorem 9.19 and Definition 9.20] ; see also [13 Sections 1–2] . The inverse sink reflection recovers the source object from its cone triangle, as explained in the proof of Proposition 3.3. Hence R R R is an enhanced autoequivalence.
The Coxeter functor is the composition of one derived sink reflection at each vertex, ordered so that each vertex is a sink when it is reflected. For a path quiver Q Q Q , this composition is naturally isomorphic to S Q [ − 1 ] S_Q[-1] S Q [ − 1 ] [18 Definitions 5.8 and 5.13, Theorem 10.9] . Its inverse uses source reflections. For d ≥ 3 d\ge3 d ≥ 3 , two applications of R R R perform exactly this inverse composition on each component: first they reflect at the original sources, then at the original targets, which have become sources. Hence R 2 ≃ S − 1 [ 1 ] R^2\simeq S^{-1}[1] R 2 ≃ S − 1 [ 1 ] . Figure 4 illustrates these two rounds for $d=5.
Figure 4. R 2 ≃ S − 1 [ 1 ] R^2\simeq S^{-1}[1] R 2 ≃ S − 1 [ 1 ] .
Proposition 3.3 also gives S d ≃ [ d − 2 ] S^d\simeq[d-2] S d ≃ [ d − 2 ] , so the first identity implies
R 2 d ≃ ( S − 1 [ 1 ] ) d ≃ S − d [ d ] ≃ [ 2 ] . R^{2d}\simeq\left(S^{-1}[1]\right)^d\simeq S^{-d}[d]\simeq[2]. R 2 d ≃ ( S − 1 [ 1 ] ) d ≃ S − d [ d ] ≃ [ 2 ] .
Thus R d [ − 1 ] R^d[-1] R d [ − 1 ] is an involution. To prove the second identity, we must identify this involution with the path reversal Π \Pi Π . We keep track of the vertex labels under successive reflections. For d = 3 d=3 d = 3 , each component is a single arrow. Starting with A → B A\to B A → B and writing C = Cone ( A → B ) C=\operatorname{Cone}(A\to B) C = Cone ( A → B ) , the three reflections follow its distinguished triangle:
( A → B ) ⟼ ( B → C ) ⟼ ( C → A [ 1 ] ) ⟼ ( A [ 1 ] → B [ 1 ] ) , (A\to B)\longmapsto(B\to C)\longmapsto(C\to A[1])\longmapsto(A[1]\to B[1]), ( A → B ) ⟼ ( B → C ) ⟼ ( C → A [ 1 ]) ⟼ ( A [ 1 ] → B [ 1 ]) ,
up to natural isomorphisms of diagrams. The final arrow lies in the opposite component, with the vertex indices reversed, as prescribed by Π \Pi Π . For a general path, Groth–Šťovíček organize successive reflections into a diagram of cones [18 Theorem 4.14 and Proposition 5.4] . Their Corollary 4.11 identifies the shift [ 1 ] [1] [ 1 ] with a flip of this diagram. For our alternating paths with d − 1 d-1 d − 1 vertices, d d d rounds of source reflection reach this flipped diagram with the vertex order reversed. Thus the objects at x i x_i x i and y i y_i y i become X d − i [ 1 ] X_{d-i}[1] X d − i [ 1 ] and Y d − i [ 1 ] Y_{d-i}[1] Y d − i [ 1 ] , with the corresponding shifted arrow maps. This gives R d ≃ Π [ 1 ] R^d\simeq\Pi[1] R d ≃ Π [ 1 ] . Figure 5 illustrates this identity for d = 5 d=5 d = 5 . For d = 2 d=2 d = 2 , both identities follow directly from R ( X , Y ) = ( Y , X [ 1 ] ) R(X,Y)=(Y,X[1]) R ( X , Y ) = ( Y , X [ 1 ]) and Π = id \Pi=\operatorname{id} Π = id .
!Diagram showing E = ( X , Y ) E=(X,Y) E = ( X , Y ) , successive reflections R E = ( Y , C ) RE=(Y,C) R E = ( Y , C ) , R 2 E = ( C , D ) R^2E=(C,D) R 2 E = ( C , D ) , R 3 E = ( D , H ) R^3E=(D,H) R 3 E = ( D , H ) , R 4 E = ( H , L ) R^4E=(H,L) R 4 E = ( H , L ) , and R 5 E ≃ Π E [ 1 ] R^5E\simeq\Pi E[1] R 5 E ≃ Π E [ 1 ] , with alternating quiver vertices and arrows bbox=0.10,0.08,0.88,0.32
Figure 5. R d E ≃ Π E [ 1 ] R^dE\simeq\Pi E[1] R d E ≃ Π E [ 1 ] .
These identities are realized by complexes of bimodules [18 Section 10] . Tensoring them with the identity bimodule of C \mathcal{C} C gives the same identities for quiver diagrams with coefficients in C \mathcal{C} C . □
Theorem 3.7. Let C \mathcal{C} C be an idempotent-complete smooth proper enhanced triangulated category with a stability condition σ = ( Z , P ) \sigma=(Z,\mathcal{P}) σ = ( Z , P ) supported on a finite-rank numerical quotient v : K 0 ( C ) → Λ v:K_0(\mathcal{C})\to\Lambda v : K 0 ( C ) → Λ .
The category C ⊗ Q ^ d \mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathcal{Q}}_d C ⊗ Q d has a numerical stability condition Σ = ( Z , P Σ ) \Sigma=(\mathcal{Z},\mathcal{P}_{\Sigma}) Σ = ( Z , P Σ ) supported on Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) \Lambda^{\oplus2(d-1)} Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) and of Gepner type ( Φ , 1 / d ) (\Phi,1/d) ( Φ , 1/ d ) for each of the following autoequivalences Φ \Phi Φ :
(i) the reflection functor R R R ;
(ii) the vertexwise action of every exact enhanced autoequivalence Ψ : C → C \Psi:\mathcal{C}\to\mathcal{C} Ψ : C → C for which σ \sigma σ is of Gepner type ( Ψ , 1 / d ) (\Psi,1/d) ( Ψ , 1/ d ) .
Moreover, for every quiver diagram E E E ,
∑ w m σ ( E w ) ≤ B d m Σ ( E ) , B d = ( 1 + 2 cos ( π / d ) ) d sin ( π / ( 2 d ) ) − 4 , \sum_w m_{\sigma}(E_w)\le B_d m_{\Sigma}(E),\qquad B_d=(1+2\cos(\pi/d))^d\sin(\pi/(2d))^{-4}, w ∑ m σ ( E w ) ≤ B d m Σ ( E ) , B d = ( 1 + 2 cos ( π / d ) ) d sin ( π / ( 2 d ) ) − 4 , where the sum runs over all vertices. If σ \sigma σ has a total mass–Hom bound, so does $\Sigma.
The proof occupies the rest of the section. Fix σ = ( Z , P ) \sigma=(Z,\mathcal{P}) σ = ( Z , P ) as in the theorem. We first choose the central charge Z \mathcal{Z} Z and tilt the standard heart of C ⊗ Q ^ d \mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathcal{Q}}_d C ⊗ Q d to place its charges in the upper half-plane. Write U U U for the tilted aisle. The phase bound in (18) gives R U ⊂ U RU\subset U R U ⊂ U , so the aisles R j U R^jU R j U , j ∈ Z j\in\mathbb{Z} j ∈ Z , form a nested sequence. Successive truncations at these aisles give factors in R j U ∩ ( R j + 1 U ) ⊥ R^jU\cap(R^{j+1}U)^\perp R j U ∩ ( R j + 1 U ) ⊥ , whose nonzero charges lie in sectors of angle π / d \pi/d π / d . The mass bound in (18), together with the reflection estimate (27), yields (33): the weighted sum of the vertex masses of each factor is bounded by a constant times the absolute value of its central charge. Finally, we show that Gepner type ( Ψ , 1 / d ) (\Psi,1/d) ( Ψ , 1/ d ) is preserved under the vertexwise action of an autoequivalence Ψ : C → C \Psi:\mathcal{C}\to\mathcal{C} Ψ : C → C for which σ \sigma σ is of Gepner type ( Ψ , 1 / d ) (\Psi,1/d) ( Ψ , 1/ d ) .
The tilted heart
Let A = P ( ( 0 , 1 ] ) \mathcal{A}=\mathcal{P}((0,1]) A = P (( 0 , 1 ]) be the heart on C \mathcal{C} C . Give the tuple category B = C ⊕ ( d − 1 ) \mathcal{B}=\mathcal{C}^{\oplus(d-1)} B = C ⊕ ( d − 1 ) the product slicing P B \mathcal{P}_{\mathcal{B}} P B : a tuple is semistable of phase ϕ \phi ϕ when each nonzero entry belongs to P ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}(\phi) P ( ϕ ) . Its heart is A B = A ⊕ ( d − 1 ) \mathcal{A}_{\mathcal{B}}=\mathcal{A}^{\oplus(d-1)} A B = A ⊕ ( d − 1 ) . The adjacency functor F F F preserves each slice: if every B j B_j B j belongs to P ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}(\phi) P ( ϕ ) , then so does ( F B ) j = B j − 1 ⊕ B j + 1 (FB)_j=B_{j-1}\oplus B_{j+1} ( F B ) j = B j − 1 ⊕ B j + 1 , because P ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}(\phi) P ( ϕ ) is closed under finite direct sums. Here, as before, B 0 = B d = 0 B_0=B_d=0 B 0 = B d = 0 . Define the positive weights and weighted charge by
r j = sin ( j π / d ) sin ( π / d ) , z ( B ) = ∑ j = 1 d − 1 r j Z ( B j ) . r_j=\frac{\sin(j\pi/d)}{\sin(\pi/d)},\qquad z(B)=\sum_{j=1}^{d-1}r_jZ(B_j). r j = sin ( π / d ) sin ( j π / d ) , z ( B ) = j = 1 ∑ d − 1 r j Z ( B j ) .
The identities
r j − 1 + r j + 1 = λ r j , λ = 2 cos ( π / d ) , with r 0 = r d = 0 , r_{j-1}+r_{j+1}=\lambda r_j,\qquad\lambda=2\cos(\pi/d),\qquad\text{with }r_0=r_d=0, r j − 1 + r j + 1 = λ r j , λ = 2 cos ( π / d ) , with r 0 = r d = 0 ,
give z ( F B ) = λ z ( B ) z(FB)=\lambda z(B) z ( F B ) = λ z ( B ) . We will also use the symmetry r j = r d − j r_j=r_{d-j} r j = r d − j .
By Lemma 3.2, H = Rep ( Q d □ Q d o p , A ) \mathcal{H}=\operatorname{Rep}(Q_d\mathbin{\Box} Q_d^{\mathrm{op}},\mathcal{A}) H = Rep ( Q d □ Q d op , A ) is the heart of a bounded t-structure on C ⊗ Q ^ d \mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathcal{Q}}_d C ⊗ Q d . Its kernels, cokernels, and exact sequences are computed at each of the 2 ( d − 1 ) 2(d-1) 2 ( d − 1 ) vertices. Put
t = 1 − 1 d , q = e − π i t = − e π i / d . t=1-\frac{1}{d},\qquad q=e^{-\pi i t}=-e^{\pi i/d}. t = 1 − d 1 , q = e − π i t = − e π i / d .
Then q 2 + λ q + 1 = 0 q^2+\lambda q+1=0 q 2 + λ q + 1 = 0 . Define the central charge Z \mathcal{Z} Z and the real-valued additive function p p p by
Z ( X , Y ) = z ( X ) + q z ( Y ) , p ( X , Y ) = Im z ( X ) + Im z ( Y ) . \mathcal{Z}(X,Y)=z(X)+qz(Y),\qquad p(X,Y)=\operatorname{Im}z(X)+\operatorname{Im}z(Y). Z ( X , Y ) = z ( X ) + q z ( Y ) , p ( X , Y ) = Im z ( X ) + Im z ( Y ) .
The torsion pair will be determined by Im Z \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z} Im Z and p p p . Multiplication by q q q rotates the charges of the Y Y Y -vertices clockwise by π t \pi t π t , so Z \mathcal{Z} Z need not take H \mathcal{H} H into the upper half-plane. We correct this by tilting the standard heart. Following the terminology of [33 Section 3] , we call a nonzero object of H \mathcal{H} H high if p = 0 p=0 p = 0 or Im Z > 0 \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z}>0 Im Z > 0 , and low if p > 0 p>0 p > 0 and Im Z ≤ 0 \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z}\leq0 Im Z ≤ 0 . Since p ≥ 0 p\geq0 p ≥ 0 on H \mathcal{H} H , these conditions partition its nonzero objects. The boundary case p = 0 p=0 p = 0 deserves attention: all nonzero vertex objects then have phase one, so
z ( X ) = − a , z ( Y ) = − b , Z ( X , Y ) = − a + b e π i / d , a , b ≥ 0 , z(X)=-a,\qquad z(Y)=-b,\qquad\mathcal{Z}(X,Y)=-a+be^{\pi i/d},\qquad a,b\geq0, z ( X ) = − a , z ( Y ) = − b , Z ( X , Y ) = − a + b e π i / d , a , b ≥ 0 ,
with a , b a,b a , b not both zero. In particular, Im Z ≥ 0 \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z}\geq0 Im Z ≥ 0 in this case. Figure 6 shows both cases separately.
Figure 6. Charges of high/low objects. Left: p > 0 p>0 p > 0 . Right: p = 0 p=0 p = 0 .
Proposition 3.8. There is a torsion pair ( T , F ) (\mathcal{T},\mathcal{F}) ( T , F ) in H \mathcal{H} H , where
T = { E : every nonzero quotient of E in H is high } , \mathcal{T}=\{E:\text{ every nonzero quotient of }E\text{ in }\mathcal{H}\text{ is high}\}, T = { E : every nonzero quotient of E in H is high } , F = { E : every nonzero subobject of E in H is low } . \mathcal{F}=\{E:\text{ every nonzero subobject of }E\text{ in }\mathcal{H}\text{ is low}\}. F = { E : every nonzero subobject of E in H is low } . Neither rationality of the charge Z \mathcal{Z} Z nor noetherianity of the heart A \mathcal{A} A is assumed.
Proof. For a tuple Y ∈ A B Y \in\mathcal{A}_{B} Y ∈ A B , let Y > t ⊆ Y Y_{>t} \subseteq Y Y > t ⊆ Y denote the subobject determined by all HN factors of phase greater than t t t , and set Y ≤ t = Y / Y > t Y_{\leq t}=Y/Y_{>t} Y ≤ t = Y / Y > t . Every object E = ( X , Y , m ) ∈ F E=(X,Y,m)\in\mathcal{F} E = ( X , Y , m ) ∈ F satisfies
Y ∈ P B ( ( 0 , t ] ) , m : X ↪ F Y . (16) Y\in\mathcal{P}_{B}((0,t]),\qquad m:X\hookrightarrow FY. \tag*{(16)} Y ∈ P B (( 0 , t ]) , m : X ↪ F Y . (16)
Indeed, ( 0 , Y > t ) (0,Y_{>t}) ( 0 , Y > t ) and ( ker m , 0 ) (\ker m,0) ( ker m , 0 ) are subobjects of E E E and are high whenever nonzero, so both vanish. Since F F F preserves the product slicing and P B ( ( 0 , t ] ) \mathcal{P}_{B}((0,t]) P B (( 0 , t ]) is closed under subobjects, (16) puts all vertex phases in ( 0 , t ] (0,t] ( 0 , t ] . Every nonzero subobject of a diagram satisfying (16) therefore has p > 0 p>0 p > 0 .
Given an object E = ( X , Y , m ) E=(X,Y,m) E = ( X , Y , m ) in H \mathcal{H} H , we denote by E ‾ \overline{E} E its quotient obtained by first taking the quotient by the subobject ( 0 , Y > t ) (0,Y_{>t}) ( 0 , Y > t ) and then by the subobject ( ker ( X → F ( Y ≤ t ) ) , 0 ) (\ker(X\to F(Y_{\leq t})),0) ( ker ( X → F ( Y ≤ t )) , 0 ) . Thus E ‾ \overline{E} E satisfies (16) . The first subobject has Im Z > 0 \operatorname{Im} Z>0 Im Z > 0 unless it vanishes, since rotation by q q q places its phases in ( 0 , 1 / d ] (0,1/d] ( 0 , 1/ d ] ; the second satisfies Im Z = p ≥ 0 \operatorname{Im} Z=p\geq0 Im Z = p ≥ 0 . Thus
Im Z ( E ‾ ) ≤ Im Z ( E ) , \operatorname{Im} Z(\overline{E})\leq\operatorname{Im} Z(E), Im Z ( E ) ≤ Im Z ( E ) ,
with equality only if both removed subobjects have p = 0 p=0 p = 0 . In particular,
Im Z ( E ‾ ) = Im Z ( E ) ⟹ p ( E ‾ ) = p ( E ) . \operatorname{Im} Z(\overline{E})=\operatorname{Im} Z(E)\quad\Longrightarrow\quad p(\overline{E})=p(E). Im Z ( E ) = Im Z ( E ) ⟹ p ( E ) = p ( E ) .
*Finitely many possible charges. Fix 0 ≠ E ∈ H 0\neq E\in\mathcal{H} 0 = E ∈ H , and let l > 0 l>0 l > 0 be the smallest HN phase among its nonzero vertex objects. Every quotient Q Q Q of E E E satisfying (16) has vertex phases in [ l , t ] [l,t] [ l , t ] : quotients cannot lower the least HN phase. If l > t l>t l > t , only the zero quotient occurs. Otherwise set
ϵ E = min ϕ ∈ [ l , t ] sin ( π ϕ ) > 0. \epsilon_E=\min_{\phi\in[l,t]}\sin(\pi\phi)>0. ϵ E = ϕ ∈ [ l , t ] min sin ( π ϕ ) > 0.
For a support constant C σ C_{\sigma} C σ and every vertex w w w , the support property and the phase bounds give
∥ v ( Q w ) ∥ ≤ C σ m σ ( Q w ) ≤ C σ ϵ E − 1 Im Z ( Q w ) ≤ C σ ϵ E − 1 Im Z ( E w ) . \lVert v(Q_w)\rVert\leq C_{\sigma}m_{\sigma}(Q_w)\leq C_{\sigma}\epsilon_E^{-1}\operatorname{Im}Z(Q_w)\leq C_{\sigma}\epsilon_E^{-1}\operatorname{Im}Z(E_w). ∥ v ( Q w )∥ ≤ C σ m σ ( Q w ) ≤ C σ ϵ E − 1 Im Z ( Q w ) ≤ C σ ϵ E − 1 Im Z ( E w ) .
The last inequality follows from the nonnegative imaginary charge of the kernel of E w → Q w E_w\to Q_w E w → Q w . Thus the vertex classes lie in a bounded subset of the lattice Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) \Lambda^{\oplus2(d-1)} Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) . Only finitely many classes occur, so Im Z ( Q ) \operatorname{Im}Z(Q) Im Z ( Q ) and p ( Q ) p(Q) p ( Q ) take only finitely many values.
*The torsion sequence. Among the quotients E ↠ Q E\twoheadrightarrow Q E ↠ Q satisfying (16) , including zero, choose one minimizing Im Z ( Q ) \operatorname{Im}Z(Q) Im Z ( Q ) and, subject to this, maximizing p ( Q ) p(Q) p ( Q ) . Put K = ker ( E → Q ) K=\ker(E\to Q) K = ker ( E → Q ) .
First, Q ∈ F Q\in\mathcal{F} Q ∈ F . Every nonzero subobject A ⊂ Q A\subset Q A ⊂ Q has p ( A ) > 0 p(A)>0 p ( A ) > 0 . If Im Z ( A ) > 0 \operatorname{Im}Z(A)>0 Im Z ( A ) > 0 , the quotient Q / A ‾ \overline{Q/A} Q / A of E E E satisfies (16) and
Im Z ( Q / A ‾ ) ≤ Im Z ( Q / A ) = Im Z ( Q ) − Im Z ( A ) < Im Z ( Q ) , \operatorname{Im}Z(\overline{Q/A})\leq\operatorname{Im}Z(Q/A)=\operatorname{Im}Z(Q)-\operatorname{Im}Z(A)<\operatorname{Im}Z(Q), Im Z ( Q / A ) ≤ Im Z ( Q / A ) = Im Z ( Q ) − Im Z ( A ) < Im Z ( Q ) ,
contradicting minimality. Thus every such A A A is low.
Next, suppose that K ∉ T K\notin\mathcal{T} K ∈ / T . Choose a nonzero low quotient K ↠ L K\twoheadrightarrow L K ↠ L , put K ′ = ker ( K → L ) K'=\ker(K\to L) K ′ = ker ( K → L ) , and write P = E / K ′ P=E/K' P = E / K ′ . Then
0 ⟶ L ⟶ P ⟶ Q ⟶ 0. 0\longrightarrow L\longrightarrow P\longrightarrow Q\longrightarrow0. 0 ⟶ L ⟶ P ⟶ Q ⟶ 0.
The quotient P ‾ \overline{P} P of E E E satisfies (16) , so minimality gives
Im Z ( Q ) ≤ Im Z ( P ‾ ) ≤ Im Z ( P ) = Im Z ( Q ) + Im Z ( L ) ≤ Im Z ( Q ) . \operatorname{Im}Z(Q)\leq\operatorname{Im}Z(\overline{P})\leq\operatorname{Im}Z(P)=\operatorname{Im}Z(Q)+\operatorname{Im}Z(L)\leq\operatorname{Im}Z(Q). Im Z ( Q ) ≤ Im Z ( P ) ≤ Im Z ( P ) = Im Z ( Q ) + Im Z ( L ) ≤ Im Z ( Q ) .
Equality holds throughout. The construction of P ‾ \overline{P} P therefore preserves p p p , giving
p ( P ‾ ) = p ( P ) = p ( Q ) + p ( L ) > p ( Q ) , p(\overline{P})=p(P)=p(Q)+p(L)>p(Q), p ( P ) = p ( P ) = p ( Q ) + p ( L ) > p ( Q ) ,
contrary to the choice of Q Q Q . Hence K ∈ T K\in\mathcal{T} K ∈ T .
Finally, a nonzero image of a morphism from T \mathcal{T} T to F \mathcal{F} F would be both high and low. Thus Hom ( T , F ) = 0 \operatorname{Hom}(\mathcal{T},\mathcal{F})=0 Hom ( T , F ) = 0 , and 0 → K → E → Q → 0 0\to K\to E\to Q\to0 0 → K → E → Q → 0 is the required torsion sequence. □
We now tilt the heart H \mathcal{H} H at the torsion pair ( T , F ) (\mathcal{T},\mathcal{F}) ( T , F ) , as recalled in § 2 . The tilted heart
A ′ = ⟨ F [ 1 ] , T ⟩ \mathcal{A}'=\langle\mathcal{F}[1],\mathcal{T}\rangle A ′ = ⟨ F [ 1 ] , T ⟩
consists precisely of objects E E E fitting into a distinguished triangle
F E [ 1 ] ⟶ E ⟶ T E ⟶ F E [ 2 ] , F E ∈ F , T E ∈ T . F_E[1]\longrightarrow E\longrightarrow T_E\longrightarrow F_E[2],\qquad F_E\in\mathcal{F},\quad T_E\in\mathcal{T}. F E [ 1 ] ⟶ E ⟶ T E ⟶ F E [ 2 ] , F E ∈ F , T E ∈ T .
Thus the tilt keeps objects of T \mathcal{T} T in degree zero and moves objects of F \mathcal{F} F to degree − 1 -1 − 1 . This shift reverses their central charges: Z ( F E [ 1 ] ) = − Z ( F E ) Z(F_E[1])=-Z(F_E) Z ( F E [ 1 ]) = − Z ( F E ) . Let V V V be the aisle of H \mathcal{H} H . The aisle of the tilted heart is U = { E ∈ V : H H 0 ( E ) ∈ T } U=\{E\in V:H_{\mathcal{H}}^0(E)\in\mathcal{T}\} U = { E ∈ V : H H 0 ( E ) ∈ T } and we have V [ 1 ] ⊂ U ⊂ V V[1]\subset U\subset V V [ 1 ] ⊂ U ⊂ V .
A mass estimate
The central charge Z ( E ) Z(E) Z ( E ) combines the charges of the source vertices with the rotated charges of the target vertices, so cancellation may reduce its magnitude. For E ∈ F E \in\mathcal{F} E ∈ F , the condition on subobjects controls this loss. To make this precise, we measure the size of a diagram before combining its charges: for any quiver diagram E = ( X , Y , m ) E=(X,Y,m) E = ( X , Y , m ) , put
M ( E ) = ∑ j = 1 d − 1 r j ( m σ ( X j ) + m σ ( Y j ) ) . M(E)=\sum_{j=1}^{d-1}r_j\bigl(m_\sigma(X_j)+m_\sigma(Y_j)\bigr). M ( E ) = j = 1 ∑ d − 1 r j ( m σ ( X j ) + m σ ( Y j ) ) .
Evaluation at a vertex commutes with shifts and preserves distinguished triangles. Shifting an object of C \mathcal{C} C shifts its HN factors without changing the absolute values of their central charges. Thus M ( E [ n ] ) = M ( E ) M(E[n])=M(E) M ( E [ n ]) = M ( E ) for every integer n n n . Similarly, a distinguished triangle of quiver diagrams
E 1 ⟶ E 2 ⟶ E 3 ⟶ E 1 [ 1 ] E_1\longrightarrow E_2\longrightarrow E_3\longrightarrow E_1[1] E 1 ⟶ E 2 ⟶ E 3 ⟶ E 1 [ 1 ]
gives a distinguished triangle at each vertex. Applying the mass triangle inequality (5) at each vertex and summing over all source and target vertices with the positive weights r j r_j r j , we obtain
M ( E 2 ) ≤ M ( E 1 ) + M ( E 3 ) . (17) M(E_2)\leq M(E_1)+M(E_3). \tag*{(17)} M ( E 2 ) ≤ M ( E 1 ) + M ( E 3 ) . (17)
Lemma 3.9. Let c = cos ( π t / 2 ) = sin ( π / ( 2 d ) ) > 0 c=\cos(\pi t/2)=\sin(\pi/(2d))>0 c = cos ( π t /2 ) = sin ( π / ( 2 d )) > 0 . For every nonzero E ∈ F E\in\mathcal{F} E ∈ F , using arg ∈ ( − π , π ] \arg\in(-\pi,\pi] arg ∈ ( − π , π ] ,
arg Z ( E ) / π ∈ ( − t , 0 ] , ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ ≥ c 3 M ( E ) . (18) \arg Z(E)/\pi\in(-t,0],\qquad|Z(E)|\geq c^3M(E). \tag*{(18)} arg Z ( E ) / π ∈ ( − t , 0 ] , ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ ≥ c 3 M ( E ) . (18)
Proof. We apply the following elementary geometric observation three times. If vectors ζ ν ∈ C \zeta_\nu\in\mathbb{C} ζ ν ∈ C lie in a sector of angle at most π t < π \pi t<\pi π t < π , write θ \theta θ for the angle of its bisecting ray. The orthogonal projection of each ζ ν \zeta_\nu ζ ν onto this ray has length at least c ∣ ζ ν ∣ c|\zeta_\nu| c ∣ ζ ν ∣ , where c = cos ( π t / 2 ) c=\cos(\pi t/2) c = cos ( π t /2 ) . Thus
∣ ∑ ν ζ ν ∣ ≥ Re ( e − i θ ∑ ν ζ ν ) ≥ c ∑ ν ∣ ζ ν ∣ . (19) \left|\sum_\nu\zeta_\nu\right|\geq\operatorname{Re}\left(e^{-i\theta}\sum_\nu\zeta_\nu\right)\geq c\sum_\nu|\zeta_\nu|. \tag*{(19)} ν ∑ ζ ν ≥ Re ( e − i θ ν ∑ ζ ν ) ≥ c ν ∑ ∣ ζ ν ∣. (19)
and the sum lies in the same sector. In particular, it is nonzero if at least one vector is nonzero. We organize the proof into three claims, illustrated in Figure 7 .
Figure 7. Three applications of the projection estimate.
Claim 1. There is a filtration in H \mathcal{H} H
0 = E ( 0 ) ⊂ E ( 1 ) ⊂ ⋯ ⊂ E ( s ) = E (20) 0=E^{(0)}\subset E^{(1)}\subset\cdots\subset E^{(s)}=E \tag*{(20)} 0 = E ( 0 ) ⊂ E ( 1 ) ⊂ ⋯ ⊂ E ( s ) = E (20) with nonzero factors E k = E ( k ) / E ( k − 1 ) E_k=E^{(k)}/E^{(k-1)} E k = E ( k ) / E ( k − 1 ) such that all nonzero vertex objects of E k E_k E k are semistable of one phase ϕ k \phi_k ϕ k , where t ≥ ϕ 1 > ⋯ > ϕ s > 0 t\geq\phi_1>\cdots>\phi_s>0 t ≥ ϕ 1 > ⋯ > ϕ s > 0 . Moreover,
M ( E ) = ∑ k M ( E k ) , (21) M(E)=\sum_k M(E_k), \tag*{(21)} M ( E ) = k ∑ M ( E k ) , (21) arg Z ( E k ) / π ∈ [ ϕ k − t , ϕ k ] ⊂ ( − t , 1 ) , ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣ ≥ c M ( E k ) . (22) \arg Z(E_k)/\pi\in[\phi_k-t,\phi_k]\subset(-t,1),\qquad|Z(E_k)|\geq cM(E_k). \tag*{(22)} arg Z ( E k ) / π ∈ [ ϕ k − t , ϕ k ] ⊂ ( − t , 1 ) , ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣ ≥ c M ( E k ) . (22)
Proof of Claim 1. Since E ∈ F E\in\mathcal{F} E ∈ F , the observation (16) says that each target object Y j Y_j Y j has HN phases in ( 0 , t ] (0,t] ( 0 , t ] and that m : X → F Y m:X\to FY m : X → F Y is injective. Thus each source object X j X_j X j is a subobject of Y j − 1 ⊕ Y j + 1 Y_{j-1}\oplus Y_{j+1} Y j − 1 ⊕ Y j + 1 . The latter also has HN phases in ( 0 , t ] (0,t] ( 0 , t ] , and P ( ( 0 , t ] ) \mathcal{P}((0,t]) P (( 0 , t ]) is closed under subobjects in the heart A \mathcal{A} A . Hence all vertex HN phases of E E E lie in ( 0 , t ] (0,t] ( 0 , t ] . Let ϕ 1 > ⋯ > ϕ s \phi_1 > \cdots> \phi_s ϕ 1 > ⋯ > ϕ s be the distinct phases occurring among the HN factors of all vertex objects of E E E ; thus 0 < ϕ k ≤ t 0 < \phi_k \le t 0 < ϕ k ≤ t for every k k k . For each k k k , take at every vertex the initial HN subobject whose factors have phase at least ϕ k \phi_k ϕ k . These HN truncations are functorial [8 Section 3] , so every arrow map restricts to a map between the chosen subobjects. They therefore form a quiver subdiagram E ( k ) ⊂ E E^{(k)} \subset E E ( k ) ⊂ E , giving the filtration (20) .
At each vertex, the quotient E k = E ( k ) / E ( k − 1 ) E_k = E^{(k)}/E^{(k-1)} E k = E ( k ) / E ( k − 1 ) is the HN factor of phase ϕ k \phi_k ϕ k , or zero if that phase does not occur there. Thus all its nonzero vertex objects are semistable of the same phase ϕ k \phi_k ϕ k . Every HN factor at every vertex occurs exactly once among these quotients. Since mass is the sum of the absolute values of their central charges, summing with the weights r j r_j r j gives (21) .
Write Z ( E k ) = a k + b k \mathcal{Z}(E_k) = a_k + b_k Z ( E k ) = a k + b k , where a k a_k a k is the sum of the source charges and b k b_k b k is the sum of the rotated target charges, with the weights r j r_j r j included. If nonzero, a k a_k a k has phase ϕ k \phi_k ϕ k and b k b_k b k has phase ϕ k − t \phi_k - t ϕ k − t ; moreover, ∣ a k ∣ + ∣ b k ∣ = M ( E k ) |a_k| + |b_k| = M(E_k) ∣ a k ∣ + ∣ b k ∣ = M ( E k ) . These two rays bound a sector of angle π t \pi t π t , so our geometric observation shows that Z ( E k ) ≠ 0 \mathcal{Z}(E_k) \ne0 Z ( E k ) = 0 and proves (22) .
Claim 2. The charges Z ( E k ) \mathcal{Z}(E_k) Z ( E k ) can be split and regrouped into finitely many nonzero vectors whose arguments lie in ( − π t , 0 ] (-\pi t, 0] ( − π t , 0 ] , whose sum remains Z ( E ) \mathcal{Z}(E) Z ( E ) , and whose total length is at least
c ∑ k ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣ . c\sum_k |\mathcal{Z}(E_k)|. c k ∑ ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣.
Proof of Claim 2. An individual factor E k E_k E k need not belong to F \mathcal{F} F , so Z ( E k ) \mathcal{Z}(E_k) Z ( E k ) may have positive imaginary part. But each part E ( j ) E^{(j)} E ( j ) of the filtration (20) is a subobject of E ∈ F E \in\mathcal{F} E ∈ F , and hence
∑ k ≤ j Im Z ( E k ) = Im Z ( E ( j ) ) ≤ 0 ( 1 ≤ j ≤ s ) . (23) \sum_{k\le j} \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z}(E_k) = \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z}(E^{(j)}) \le0 \qquad(1 \le j \le s). \tag*{(23)} k ≤ j ∑ Im Z ( E k ) = Im Z ( E ( j ) ) ≤ 0 ( 1 ≤ j ≤ s ) . (23)
Start with the ordered list Z ( E 1 ) , … , Z ( E s ) \mathcal{Z}(E_1),\ldots,\mathcal{Z}(E_s) Z ( E 1 ) , … , Z ( E s ) . Whenever the list contains a term with positive imaginary part, choose the first such term and an earlier term with negative imaginary part; such an earlier term exists by the partial-sum inequality (23) . If their imaginary parts cancel, remove the two terms from the ordered list and record them as a pair. Otherwise, split the term whose imaginary part has larger magnitude into two positive real multiples, one with imaginary part opposite to that of the other chosen term. Remove this piece and the other chosen term from the ordered list as a pair, keeping the second piece in its original position. The partial-sum inequalities (23) remain valid. Each operation removes at least one entry. Repeating therefore gives finitely many pairs and leaves only unpaired vectors with nonpositive imaginary part.
Each recorded pair consists of positive real multiples u u u , v v v of Z ( E k ) \mathcal{Z}(E_k) Z ( E k ) , Z ( E l ) \mathcal{Z}(E_l) Z ( E l ) for some k < l k < l k < l , with Im u = − Im v < 0 \operatorname{Im}u = -\operatorname{Im}v < 0 Im u = − Im v < 0 . Positive scaling preserves arguments, so Claim 1 gives
0 < arg Z ( E l ) / π − arg Z ( E k ) / π ≤ ϕ l − ( ϕ k − t ) < t . 0 < \arg\mathcal{Z}(E_l)/\pi- \arg\mathcal{Z}(E_k)/\pi\le\phi_l - (\phi_k - t) < t. 0 < arg Z ( E l ) / π − arg Z ( E k ) / π ≤ ϕ l − ( ϕ k − t ) < t .
The last inequality uses ϕ l < ϕ k \phi_l < \phi_k ϕ l < ϕ k . Thus the sector between their rays has angle less than π t \pi t π t and contains the positive real ray but not the negative real ray. Their real sum lies in this sector, and the projection estimate makes it nonzero and hence positive, with
u + v > 0 , ∣ u + v ∣ ≥ c ( ∣ u ∣ + ∣ v ∣ ) . u+v > 0, \qquad|u+v| \ge c(|u|+|v|). u + v > 0 , ∣ u + v ∣ ≥ c ( ∣ u ∣ + ∣ v ∣ ) .
Replace each pair by its positive real sum. By Claim 1, the unpaired vectors have phases in ( − t , 0 ] (-t,0] ( − t , 0 ] , so all resulting vectors lie in this sector. Splitting preserved the total length, each pair retains at least a factor c c c , and unpaired vectors keep their full length. The total length is therefore at least c ∑ k ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣ c\sum_k |\mathcal{Z}(E_k)| c ∑ k ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣ , while the sum remains Z ( E ) \mathcal{Z}(E) Z ( E ) . This proves Claim 2.
Claim 3. The total charge satisfies arg Z ( E ) / π ∈ ( − t , 0 ] \arg\mathcal{Z}(E)/\pi\in(-t,0] arg Z ( E ) / π ∈ ( − t , 0 ] and
∣ Z ( E ) ∣ ≥ c 2 ∑ k ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣ . (24) |\mathcal{Z}(E)| \ge c^2\sum_k |\mathcal{Z}(E_k)|. \tag*{(24)} ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ ≥ c 2 k ∑ ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣. (24)
Proof of Claim 3. Apply the projection estimate to the vectors supplied by Claim 2. They lie in a sector of angle π t \pi t π t , so the length of their sum is at least c c c times their total length. This gives (24) and, in particular, Z ( E ) ≠ 0 \mathcal{Z}(E) \ne0 Z ( E ) = 0 . Their sum lies in the same sector; because every vector lies strictly above its lower boundary, the phase of the sum is strictly greater than − t -t − t as well.
Combining Claims 1 and 3 now gives
∣ Z ( E ) ∣ ≥ c 2 ∑ k ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣ ≥ c 3 ∑ k M ( E k ) = c 3 M ( E ) . \lvert\mathcal{Z}(E)\rvert\ge c^{2}\sum_{k}\lvert\mathcal{Z}(E_{k})\rvert\ge c^{3}\sum_{k}M(E_{k})=c^{3}M(E). ∣ Z ( E )∣ ≥ c 2 k ∑ ∣ Z ( E k )∣ ≥ c 3 k ∑ M ( E k ) = c 3 M ( E ) .
Together with the phase bound in Claim 3, this proves the lemma.
Lemma 3.10. Every nonzero object E E E of the tilted heart A ′ \mathcal{A}' A ′ has central charge in the upper half-plane or on the negative real axis:
Z ( E ) ∈ { z ∈ C : Im z > 0 } ∪ R < 0 . \mathcal{Z}(E)\in\{z\in\mathbb{C}:\operatorname{Im}z>0\}\cup\mathbb{R}_{<0}. Z ( E ) ∈ { z ∈ C : Im z > 0 } ∪ R < 0 . Proof. We first check the two kinds of objects used to form the tilted heart. Every nonzero T ∈ T T\in\mathcal{T} T ∈ T is high, so either Im Z ( T ) > 0 \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z}(T)>0 Im Z ( T ) > 0 or p ( T ) = 0 p(T)=0 p ( T ) = 0 . In the latter case, all nonzero vertex objects have phase 1. Writing T = ( X , Y , m ) T=(X,Y,m) T = ( X , Y , m ) , we therefore have z ( X ) = − a z(X)=-a z ( X ) = − a , z ( Y ) = − b z(Y)=-b z ( Y ) = − b , Z ( T ) = − a + b e π i / d \mathcal{Z}(T)=-a+b e^{\pi i/d} Z ( T ) = − a + b e π i / d , where a , b ≥ 0 a,b\ge0 a , b ≥ 0 and a + b > 0 a+b>0 a + b > 0 . Since sin ( π / d ) > 0 \sin(\pi/d)>0 sin ( π / d ) > 0 , this charge has positive imaginary part if b > 0 b>0 b > 0 , and is negative real if b = 0 b=0 b = 0 .
For a nonzero F ∈ F F\in\mathcal{F} F ∈ F , Lemma 3.9 gives Z ( F ) ≠ 0 \mathcal{Z}(F)\ne0 Z ( F ) = 0 and arg Z ( F ) / π ∈ ( − t , 0 ] \arg\mathcal{Z}(F)/\pi\in(-t,0] arg Z ( F ) / π ∈ ( − t , 0 ] . Shifting changes the sign of the charge, so
Z ( F [ 1 ] ) = − Z ( F ) , arg Z ( F [ 1 ] ) / π ∈ ( 1 − t , 1 ] . \mathcal{Z}(F[1])=-\mathcal{Z}(F),\qquad\arg\mathcal{Z}(F[1])/\pi\in(1-t,1]. Z ( F [ 1 ]) = − Z ( F ) , arg Z ( F [ 1 ]) / π ∈ ( 1 − t , 1 ] . Thus Z ( F [ 1 ] ) \mathcal{Z}(F[1]) Z ( F [ 1 ]) also lies in the upper half-plane or on the negative real axis.
Finally, every nonzero E ∈ A ′ E\in\mathcal{A}' E ∈ A ′ fits into the canonical exact sequence in A ′ \mathcal{A}' A ′
0 ⟶ F E [ 1 ] ⟶ E ⟶ T E ⟶ 0 , F E ∈ F , T E ∈ T . 0\longrightarrow F_{E}[1]\longrightarrow E\longrightarrow T_{E}\longrightarrow0,\qquad F_{E}\in\mathcal{F},\quad T_{E}\in\mathcal{T}. 0 ⟶ F E [ 1 ] ⟶ E ⟶ T E ⟶ 0 , F E ∈ F , T E ∈ T . Both factors have nonnegative imaginary charge. If Im Z ( E ) = 0 \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z}(E)=0 Im Z ( E ) = 0 , additivity forces both imaginary parts to vanish. Each nonzero factor then has negative real charge, and at least one factor is nonzero. Their sum is therefore negative real as well, proving the assertion.
Action of the reflection functor
Path reversal functor Π \Pi Π permutes the vertex objects, so it preserves the heart H \mathcal{H} H and its aisle V \mathcal{V} V . The symmetry r j = r d − j r_{j}=r_{d-j} r j = r d − j shows that it also preserves the weighted charges z ( X ) z(X) z ( X ) and z ( Y ) z(Y) z ( Y ) , and hence Z \mathcal{Z} Z and p p p . It therefore preserves high and low objects, the torsion pair ( T , F ) (\mathcal{T},\mathcal{F}) ( T , F ) , and the tilted aisle U \mathcal{U} U . Using R d ≃ Π [ 1 ] R^{d}\simeq\Pi[1] R d ≃ Π [ 1 ] from Lemma 3.6, we obtain
R d U = Π U [ 1 ] = U [ 1 ] . (25) R^{d}\mathcal{U}=\Pi\mathcal{U}[1]=\mathcal{U}[1]. \tag*{(25)} R d U = Π U [ 1 ] = U [ 1 ] . (25)
For E = ( X , Y , m ) E=(X,Y,m) E = ( X , Y , m ) , Definition 3.5 gives R E = ( Y , Cone ( m ) ) RE=(Y,\operatorname{Cone}(m)) R E = ( Y , Cone ( m )) . Additivity of z z z and the identity z ( F Y ) = λ z ( Y ) z(FY)=\lambda z(Y) z ( F Y ) = λ z ( Y ) give
z ( Cone ( m ) ) = z ( F Y ) − z ( X ) = λ z ( Y ) − z ( X ) . z(\operatorname{Cone}(m))=z(FY)-z(X)=\lambda z(Y)-z(X). z ( Cone ( m )) = z ( F Y ) − z ( X ) = λ z ( Y ) − z ( X ) .
Since 1 + λ q = − q 2 1+\lambda q=-q^{2} 1 + λ q = − q 2 and − q = e π i / d -q=e^{\pi i/d} − q = e π i / d , it follows that
Z ( R E ) = z ( Y ) + q ( λ z ( Y ) − z ( X ) ) = − q ( z ( X ) + q z ( Y ) ) = e π i / d Z ( E ) . (26) \mathcal{Z}(RE)=z(Y)+q\bigl(\lambda z(Y)-z(X)\bigr)=-q\bigl(z(X)+qz(Y)\bigr)=e^{\pi i/d}\mathcal{Z}(E). \tag*{(26)} Z ( R E ) = z ( Y ) + q ( λ z ( Y ) − z ( X ) ) = − q ( z ( X ) + q z ( Y ) ) = e π i / d Z ( E ) . (26)
Lemma 3.11. The reflection functor sends the tilted aisle into itself: R U ⊂ U R\mathcal{U}\subset\mathcal{U} R U ⊂ U .
Proof. First, R R R sends the heart H \mathcal{H} H into its aisle V \mathcal{V} V . Indeed, the cone of a morphism in the abelian category A \mathcal{A} A has A \mathcal{A} A -cohomology given by the kernel in degree − 1 -1 − 1 and the cokernel in degree 0, with all other cohomology zero. The formula for R R R therefore shows that, for E ∈ H E\in\mathcal{H} E ∈ H , every vertex object of R E RE R E has A \mathcal{A} A -cohomology in nonpositive degrees.
Every object of V \mathcal{V} V is a finite extension of objects in H [ n ] \mathcal{H}[n] H [ n ] with n ≥ 0 n\ge0 n ≥ 0 . Their images under R R R lie in R ( H ) [ n ] ⊂ V [ n ] ⊂ V R(\mathcal{H})[n]\subset\mathcal{V}[n]\subset\mathcal{V} R ( H ) [ n ] ⊂ V [ n ] ⊂ V . Since R R R is exact and V \mathcal{V} V is closed under extensions, we obtain R V ⊂ V R\mathcal{V}\subset\mathcal{V} R V ⊂ V . Commuting R R R with the shift then gives
R ( V [ 1 ] ) = ( R V ) [ 1 ] ⊂ V [ 1 ] ⊂ U . R(\mathcal{V}[1])=(R\mathcal{V})[1]\subset\mathcal{V}[1]\subset\mathcal{U}. R ( V [ 1 ]) = ( R V ) [ 1 ] ⊂ V [ 1 ] ⊂ U .
Every object of U \mathcal{U} U is an extension of an object of T \mathcal{T} T by one of V [ 1 ] \mathcal{V}[1] V [ 1 ] . Because U \mathcal{U} U is closed under extensions, it remains to show that R E ∈ U RE\in\mathcal{U} R E ∈ U for E ∈ T E\in\mathcal{T} E ∈ T . We already know that R E ∈ V RE\in\mathcal{V} R E ∈ V , so the definition of U \mathcal{U} U reduces this to showing that H H 0 ( R E ) ∈ T H^{0}_{\mathcal{H}}(RE)\in\mathcal{T} H H 0 ( R E ) ∈ T .
Write E = ( X , Y , m ) E=(X,Y,m) E = ( X , Y , m ) . By Definition 3.5, the source vertex x j x_{j} x j of R E RE R E carries Y j Y_{j} Y j , and the target vertex y k y_{k} y k carries the cone of m k : X k → Y k − 1 ⊕ Y k + 1 m_{k}:X_{k}\to Y_{k-1}\oplus Y_{k+1} m k : X k → Y k − 1 ⊕ Y k + 1 . Cohomology with respect to H \mathcal{H} H is computed at each vertex. Since the X k X_k X k and Y j Y_j Y j belong to A \mathcal{A} A , taking zeroth cohomology leaves Y j Y_j Y j at the source and gives C k : = coker ( m k ) C_k := \operatorname{coker}(m_k) C k := coker ( m k ) at the target. Hence
A = H H 0 ( R E ) = ( Y , C ) , C = coker ( m : X → F Y ) . A = H^0_{\mathcal{H}}(R\mathcal{E}) = (Y,C), \qquad C = \operatorname{coker}(m:X \to F Y). A = H H 0 ( R E ) = ( Y , C ) , C = coker ( m : X → F Y ) .
The structure map Y → F C Y \to F C Y → F C is adjoint to the quotient F Y ↠ C F Y \twoheadrightarrow C F Y ↠ C under F ⊣ F F \dashv F F ⊣ F . Indeed, taking zeroth cohomology of the reflected arrows gives
Y j ↪ Y k − 1 ⊕ Y k + 1 ↠ C k , ∣ j − k ∣ = 1. Y_j \hookrightarrow Y_{k-1} \oplus Y_{k+1} \twoheadrightarrow C_k,\qquad|j-k|=1. Y j ↪ Y k − 1 ⊕ Y k + 1 ↠ C k , ∣ j − k ∣ = 1.
For fixed j j j , these are the components of Y j → ( F C ) j Y_j \to(F C)_j Y j → ( F C ) j . For fixed k k k , they combine into the cokernel map ( F Y ) k ↠ C k (F Y)_k \twoheadrightarrow C_k ( F Y ) k ↠ C k . This regrouping of the same arrows by source or by target is precisely the adjunction. If A ∉ T A \notin\mathcal{T} A ∈ / T , its torsion decomposition gives a nonzero quotient A ↠ Q = ( Y ′ , C ′ ) ∈ F A \twoheadrightarrow Q=(Y',C')\in\mathcal{F} A ↠ Q = ( Y ′ , C ′ ) ∈ F . Since quotients are computed at the vertices, we have a commutative square
F Y → C ↓ ↓ F Y ′ → C ′ . \begin{CD}
F Y @>>> C \\
@VVV @VVV \\
F Y' @>>> C'.
\end{CD} F Y ↓ ⏐ F Y ′ C ↓ ⏐ C ′ .
The top and right maps are epimorphisms, so the bottom map is an epimorphism as well. At each target vertex y k y_k y k , the incoming arrows therefore give an epimorphism Y k − 1 ′ ⊕ Y k + 1 ′ ↠ C k ′ Y'_{k-1}\oplus Y'_{k+1}\twoheadrightarrow C'_k Y k − 1 ′ ⊕ Y k + 1 ′ ↠ C k ′ . The inverse-reflection formula (14) replaces C k ′ C'_k C k ′ by
Cone ( Y k − 1 ′ ⊕ Y k + 1 ′ → C k ′ ) [ − 1 ] ≃ ker ( Y k − 1 ′ ⊕ Y k + 1 ′ → C k ′ ) . \operatorname{Cone}(Y'_{k-1}\oplus Y'_{k+1}\to C'_k)[-1]\simeq\ker(Y'_{k-1}\oplus Y'_{k+1}\to C'_k). Cone ( Y k − 1 ′ ⊕ Y k + 1 ′ → C k ′ ) [ − 1 ] ≃ ker ( Y k − 1 ′ ⊕ Y k + 1 ′ → C k ′ ) .
Indeed, because the map is an epimorphism, the shifted cone has cohomology only in degree zero, where it is the kernel. After relabeling, these kernels are the new source objects, and the Y j ′ Y'_j Y j ′ are the new target objects. The reversed arrows are the kernel inclusions followed by the projections to the neighboring Y j ′ Y'_j Y j ′ . All these vertex objects belong to A \mathcal{A} A , so
R − 1 Q ≃ ( ker ( F Y ′ → C ′ ) , Y ′ ) ∈ H . R^{-1}Q \simeq(\ker(FY'\to C'),Y')\in\mathcal{H}. R − 1 Q ≃ ( ker ( F Y ′ → C ′ ) , Y ′ ) ∈ H .
Apply R − 1 R^{-1} R − 1 to the composition R E → A ↠ Q R E\to A\twoheadrightarrow Q R E → A ↠ Q . The resulting map E → R − 1 Q E\to R^{-1}Q E → R − 1 Q has target component Y ↠ Y ′ Y\twoheadrightarrow Y' Y ↠ Y ′ , so its cokernel is supported only at the sources. Thus, for some J ∈ A B J\in\mathcal{A}_{\mathcal{B}} J ∈ A B , we have an exact sequence in H \mathcal{H} H
E ⟶ R − 1 Q ⟶ ( J , 0 ) ⟶ 0. E\longrightarrow R^{-1}Q\longrightarrow(J,0)\longrightarrow0. E ⟶ R − 1 Q ⟶ ( J , 0 ) ⟶ 0.
Every diagram supported only at the sources belongs to T \mathcal{T} T : its nonzero quotients satisfy Im Z = p ≥ 0 \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z}=p\geq0 Im Z = p ≥ 0 , and hence are high. The image of E → R − 1 Q E\to R^{-1}Q E → R − 1 Q also belongs to T \mathcal{T} T , being a quotient of E E E . Closure of T \mathcal{T} T under extensions therefore gives R − 1 Q ∈ T R^{-1}Q\in\mathcal{T} R − 1 Q ∈ T .
The charge rotation (26) gives
Z ( R − 1 Q ) = e − π i / d Z ( Q ) . \mathcal{Z}(R^{-1}Q)=e^{-\pi i/d}\mathcal{Z}(Q). Z ( R − 1 Q ) = e − π i / d Z ( Q ) .
Since 0 ≠ Q ∈ F 0\ne Q\in\mathcal{F} 0 = Q ∈ F , (18) places this charge in the sector of phases ( − 1 , − 1 / d ] (-1,-1/d] ( − 1 , − 1/ d ] , where the imaginary part is strictly negative. This contradicts Lemma 3.10, since R − 1 Q ∈ T ⊂ A ′ R^{-1}Q\in\mathcal{T}\subset\mathcal{A}' R − 1 Q ∈ T ⊂ A ′ . Thus A ∈ T A\in\mathcal{T} A ∈ T and R E ∈ U R E\in\mathcal{U} R E ∈ U . □
Lemma 3.12. For every quiver diagram E E E , one has
M ( R E ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) M ( E ) , λ = 2 cos ( π / d ) . (27) M(R E)\leq(1+\lambda)M(E),\qquad\lambda=2\cos(\pi/d). \tag*{(27)} M ( R E ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) M ( E ) , λ = 2 cos ( π / d ) . (27) For d = 2 d=2 d = 2 , equality holds.
Proof. Write E = ( X , Y , m ) E=(X,Y,m) E = ( X , Y , m ) . The reflection functor gives R E = ( Y , Cone ( m ) ) R E=(Y,\operatorname{Cone}(m)) R E = ( Y , Cone ( m )) . At each vertex j j j , rotate the cone triangle to obtain
( F Y ) j ⟶ Cone ( m j ) ⟶ X j [ 1 ] ⟶ ( F Y ) j [ 1 ] . (FY)_j\longrightarrow\operatorname{Cone}(m_j)\longrightarrow X_j[1]\longrightarrow(FY)_j[1]. ( F Y ) j ⟶ Cone ( m j ) ⟶ X j [ 1 ] ⟶ ( F Y ) j [ 1 ] .
The mass triangle inequality (5) , together with invariance under shifts and additivity under direct sums, gives
m σ ( Cone ( m j ) ) ≤ m σ ( ( F Y ) j ) + m σ ( X j [ 1 ] ) = m σ ( Y j − 1 ) + m σ ( Y j + 1 ) + m σ ( X j ) . m_\sigma(\operatorname{Cone}(m_j))\leq m_\sigma((FY)_j)+m_\sigma(X_j[1])=m_\sigma(Y_{j-1})+m_\sigma(Y_{j+1})+m_\sigma(X_j). m σ ( Cone ( m j )) ≤ m σ (( F Y ) j ) + m σ ( X j [ 1 ]) = m σ ( Y j − 1 ) + m σ ( Y j + 1 ) + m σ ( X j ) .
Multiplying by r j r_j r j and summing, we use r j − 1 + r j + 1 = λ r j r_{j-1}+r_{j+1}=\lambda r_j r j − 1 + r j + 1 = λ r j to collect the neighboring target contributions. Adding the masses of the source objects Y j Y_j Y j of R E R E R E , we obtain
M ( R E ) ≤ ∑ j r j m σ ( X j ) + ( 1 + λ ) ∑ j r j m σ ( Y j ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) M ( E ) . M(RE) \le\sum_j r_jm_\sigma(X_j)+(1+\lambda)\sum_j r_jm_\sigma(Y_j)\le(1+\lambda)M(E). M ( R E ) ≤ j ∑ r j m σ ( X j ) + ( 1 + λ ) j ∑ r j m σ ( Y j ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) M ( E ) .
For d = 2 d=2 d = 2 , reflection is ( X , Y ) ↦ ( Y , X [ 1 ] ) (X,Y)\mapsto(Y,X[1]) ( X , Y ) ↦ ( Y , X [ 1 ]) , and preserves M M M exactly. □
Reflection blocks
We now use the nested aisles to divide the category into narrow phase sectors. For j ∈ Z j\in\mathbb{Z} j ∈ Z , put U j = R j U U_j=R^jU U j = R j U . Lemma 3.11 and (25) give
U j + 1 ⊂ U j , U j + d = U j [ 1 ] . U_{j+1}\subset U_j,\qquad U_{j+d}=U_j[1]. U j + 1 ⊂ U j , U j + d = U j [ 1 ] .
The exact autoequivalence R j R^j R j carries the t-structure with aisle U U U and heart A ′ \mathcal{A}' A ′ to one with aisle U j U_j U j and heart R j A ′ R^j\mathcal{A}' R j A ′ . Since the heart of an aisle is its intersection with the right orthogonal of its shift by [ 1 ] [1] [ 1 ] , we can write this heart as
H j = U j ∩ ( U j [ 1 ] ) ⊥ = U j ∩ U j + d ⊥ = R j A ′ . \mathcal{H}_j=U_j\cap(U_j[1])^\perp=U_j\cap U_{j+d}^{\perp}=R^j\mathcal{A}'. H j = U j ∩ ( U j [ 1 ] ) ⊥ = U j ∩ U j + d ⊥ = R j A ′ .
We also define the block
S j = U j ∩ U j + 1 ⊥ . \mathcal{S}_j=U_j\cap U_{j+1}^{\perp}. S j = U j ∩ U j + 1 ⊥ .
An object of S j \mathcal{S}_j S j lies in both H j \mathcal{H}_j H j and H j + 1 [ − 1 ] \mathcal{H}_{j+1}[-1] H j + 1 [ − 1 ] . By Lemma 3.10 and (26) , the allowed half-planes for their rotated stability functions intersect in the sector
Z ( E ) ∈ R > 0 e i π θ , j / d < θ ≤ ( j + 1 ) / d ( 0 ≠ E ∈ S j ) . (28) Z(E)\in\mathbb{R}_{>0}e^{i\pi\theta},\qquad j/d<\theta\le(j+1)/d\qquad(0\ne E\in\mathcal{S}_j). \tag*{(28)} Z ( E ) ∈ R > 0 e iπ θ , j / d < θ ≤ ( j + 1 ) / d ( 0 = E ∈ S j ) . (28)
The lower endpoint is excluded because a stability function on H j \mathcal{H}_j H j cannot take a nonzero object to the positive real axis after rotation by e − π i j / d e^{-\pi i j/d} e − π ij / d . The sectors are illustrated in Figure 8 .
Figure 8. Charges in the reflection blocks for d = 5 d=5 d = 5 .
Lemma 3.13. Every object E ∈ S 0 E\in\mathcal{S}_0 E ∈ S 0 belongs to T ⊂ H \mathcal{T}\subset\mathcal{H} T ⊂ H . Write E = ( X , Y , m ) E=(X,Y,m) E = ( X , Y , m ) and put C = coker ( F X → Y ) C=\operatorname{coker}(FX\to Y) C = coker ( F X → Y ) , where F X → Y FX\to Y F X → Y is adjoint to m : X → F Y m:X\to FY m : X → F Y . Then there is a distinguished triangle
K ⟶ R − 1 E ⟶ ( C , 0 ) [ − 1 ] ⟶ K [ 1 ] , (29) K\longrightarrow R^{-1}E\longrightarrow(C,0)[-1]\longrightarrow K[1], \tag*{(29)} K ⟶ R − 1 E ⟶ ( C , 0 ) [ − 1 ] ⟶ K [ 1 ] , (29) where K = H H 0 ( R − 1 E ) ∈ F K=H^0_{\mathcal{H}}(R^{-1}E)\in\mathcal{F} K = H H 0 ( R − 1 E ) ∈ F . All HN factors of the vertex objects C j C_j C j have phases in ( t , 1 ] (t,1] ( t , 1 ] , where t = 1 − 1 d t=1-\frac{1}{d} t = 1 − d 1 .
Proof. Let D = ( X , Y , m ) ∈ H D=(X,Y,m)\in\mathcal{H} D = ( X , Y , m ) ∈ H , and consider the map F X → Y FX\to Y F X → Y adjoint to m : X → F Y m:X\to FY m : X → F Y . The inverse-reflection formula (14) , followed by the shift [ 1 ] [1] [ 1 ] , gives
R − 1 D [ 1 ] ≃ ( Cone ( F X → Y ) , X [ 1 ] ) . R^{-1}D[1]\simeq(\operatorname{Cone}(FX\to Y),X[1]). R − 1 D [ 1 ] ≃ ( Cone ( F X → Y ) , X [ 1 ]) .
At each source, the cone has cohomology equal to the kernel in degree − 1 -1 − 1 and the cokernel in degree 0 0 0 . At each target, X j [ 1 ] X_j[1] X j [ 1 ] has cohomology only in degree − 1 -1 − 1 . Thus all vertex cohomology lies in nonpositive degrees, so R − 1 D [ 1 ] ∈ V R^{-1}D[1]\in\mathcal{V} R − 1 D [ 1 ] ∈ V , and
H H 0 ( R − 1 D [ 1 ] ) = ( coker ( F X → Y ) , 0 ) . H^0_{\mathcal{H}}(R^{-1}D[1])=(\operatorname{coker}(FX\to Y),0). H H 0 ( R − 1 D [ 1 ]) = ( coker ( F X → Y ) , 0 ) .
This zeroth cohomology diagram is supported only at the sources. It belongs to T \mathcal{T} T , since Im Z = p \operatorname{Im}Z=p Im Z = p on it and all its quotients. The definition of U U U therefore gives R − 1 D [ 1 ] ∈ U R^{-1}D[1]\in U R − 1 D [ 1 ] ∈ U , proving H [ 1 ] ⊂ R U \mathcal{H}[1]\subset RU H [ 1 ] ⊂ R U .
Now take E ∈ S 0 E\in\mathcal{S}_0 E ∈ S 0 . Since U [ 1 ] ⊂ R U U[1]\subset RU U [ 1 ] ⊂ R U , we have E ∈ U ∩ ( U [ 1 ] ) ⊥ = A ′ E\in U\cap(U[1])^\perp=\mathcal{A}' E ∈ U ∩ ( U [ 1 ] ) ⊥ = A ′ . Its tilted-heart sequence is
0 ⟶ F E [ 1 ] ⟶ E ⟶ T E ⟶ 0. 0\longrightarrow FE[1]\longrightarrow E\longrightarrow T_E\longrightarrow0. 0 ⟶ F E [ 1 ] ⟶ E ⟶ T E ⟶ 0.
But F E [ 1 ] ∈ H [ 1 ] ⊂ R U F_E[1] \in\mathcal{H}[1] \subset\mathcal{R}U F E [ 1 ] ∈ H [ 1 ] ⊂ R U , whereas E ∈ ( R U ) ⊥ E \in(\mathcal{R}U)^\perp E ∈ ( R U ) ⊥ , so the displayed injection is zero. Thus F E = 0 F_E=0 F E = 0 and E ∈ T ⊂ H E \in\mathcal{T} \subset\mathcal{H} E ∈ T ⊂ H . The inverse-reflection formula (14) gives
R − 1 E ≃ ( Cone ( F X → Y ) [ − 1 ] , X ) . R^{-1}E \simeq(\operatorname{Cone}(FX \to Y)[-1],X). R − 1 E ≃ ( Cone ( F X → Y ) [ − 1 ] , X ) .
The shifted cone has the kernel in degree 0 and the cokernel in degree 1, so
H H 0 ( R − 1 E ) = ( ker ( F X → Y ) , X ) = K , H H 1 ( R − 1 E ) = ( C , 0 ) , H^0_{\mathcal{H}}(R^{-1}E)=(\ker(FX \to Y),X)=K,\qquad H^1_{\mathcal{H}}(R^{-1}E)=(C,0), H H 0 ( R − 1 E ) = ( ker ( F X → Y ) , X ) = K , H H 1 ( R − 1 E ) = ( C , 0 ) ,
with all other cohomology zero. The cohomology truncations therefore give the triangle (29) . For T ∈ T T \in\mathcal{T} T ∈ T , applying Hom ( T , − ) \operatorname{Hom}(T,-) Hom ( T , − ) gives
Hom ( T , K ) ≃ Hom ( T , R − 1 E ) = 0. \operatorname{Hom}(T,K)\simeq\operatorname{Hom}(T,R^{-1}E)=0. Hom ( T , K ) ≃ Hom ( T , R − 1 E ) = 0.
The isomorphism uses Hom ( T , ( C , 0 ) [ − k ] ) = 0 \operatorname{Hom}(T,(C,0)[-k])=0 Hom ( T , ( C , 0 ) [ − k ]) = 0 for k = 1 , 2 k=1,2 k = 1 , 2 , since T T T and ( C , 0 ) (C,0) ( C , 0 ) lie in the heart H \mathcal{H} H . The vanishing follows from T ∈ U T \in\mathcal{U} T ∈ U and R − 1 E ∈ U ⊥ R^{-1}E \in\mathcal{U}^{\perp} R − 1 E ∈ U ⊥ . Thus K ∈ F K \in\mathcal{F} K ∈ F .
At each target y j y_j y j , the cokernel map Y j ↠ C j Y_j \twoheadrightarrow C_j Y j ↠ C j kills the images of both incoming arrows from X j − 1 X_{j-1} X j − 1 and X j + 1 X_{j+1} X j + 1 . Together with the zero maps at the sources, these maps therefore define a quotient E ↠ ( 0 , C ) E \twoheadrightarrow(0,C) E ↠ ( 0 , C ) in H \mathcal{H} H . Since E ∈ T E \in\mathcal{T} E ∈ T and T \mathcal{T} T is closed under quotients, ( 0 , C ) ∈ T (0,C) \in\mathcal{T} ( 0 , C ) ∈ T .
Suppose some C j C_j C j has an HN factor of phase at most t t t , and let C j ↠ B C_j \twoheadrightarrow B C j ↠ B be its lowest-phase HN quotient, of phase 0 < ϕ ≤ t 0<\phi\leq t 0 < ϕ ≤ t . Sending all other vertices to zero gives a quotient of ( 0 , C ) (0,C) ( 0 , C ) with B B B at the target y j y_j y j and zero elsewhere. For this diagram, p = r j Im Z ( B ) > 0 p=r_j\operatorname{Im}Z(B)>0 p = r j Im Z ( B ) > 0 , since 0 < ϕ < 1 0<\phi<1 0 < ϕ < 1 . Its charge is r j q Z ( B ) r_jqZ(B) r j q Z ( B ) , which has phase ϕ − t ∈ ( − t , 0 ] \phi-t\in(-t,0] ϕ − t ∈ ( − t , 0 ] because q = e − π i t q=e^{-\pi i t} q = e − π i t . Its imaginary charge is therefore nonpositive, so it is low. This contradicts the defining property of T \mathcal{T} T that every nonzero quotient is high. Thus all vertex HN phases of C C C lie in ( t , 1 ] (t,1] ( t , 1 ] . □
Lemma 3.14. Recall that c = cos ( π t / 2 ) = sin ( π / ( 2 d ) ) c=\cos(\pi t/2)=\sin(\pi/(2d)) c = cos ( π t /2 ) = sin ( π / ( 2 d )) . Every object E ∈ S 0 E\in\mathcal{S}_0 E ∈ S 0 satisfies
M ( E ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) c − 4 ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ . (30) M(E)\leq(1+\lambda)c^{-4}|Z(E)|. \tag*{(30)} M ( E ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) c − 4 ∣ Z ( E ) ∣. (30)
Proof. Let K K K and C C C be as in Lemma 3.13. Expanding each Z ( C j ) Z(C_j) Z ( C j ) into the charges of its HN factors expresses z ( C ) = ∑ j r j Z ( C j ) z(C)=\sum_j r_jZ(C_j) z ( C ) = ∑ j r j Z ( C j ) as a sum of vectors in the sector of phases ( t , 1 ] (t,1] ( t , 1 ] . Their total length is ∑ j r j m σ ( C j ) = M ( ( C , 0 ) ) \sum_j r_jm_\sigma(C_j)=M((C,0)) ∑ j r j m σ ( C j ) = M (( C , 0 )) . Since this sector has angle π / d ≤ π t \pi/d\leq\pi t π / d ≤ π t , projection onto its middle ray retains at least a factor c c c , as in the proof of Lemma 3.9. Consequently,
M ( ( C , 0 ) ) ≤ c − 1 ∣ z ( C ) ∣ . (31) M((C,0))\leq c^{-1}|z(C)|. \tag*{(31)} M (( C , 0 )) ≤ c − 1 ∣ z ( C ) ∣. (31)
We can now estimate the two cohomology objects in the triangle (29) . Additivity of the charge and (26) give
e − π i / d Z ( E ) = Z ( K ) − z ( C ) . e^{-\pi i/d}Z(E)=Z(K)-z(C). e − π i / d Z ( E ) = Z ( K ) − z ( C ) .
Since K ∈ F K\in\mathcal{F} K ∈ F , (18) puts Z ( K ) Z(K) Z ( K ) in the sector of phases ( − t , 0 ] (-t,0] ( − t , 0 ] when nonzero. The phase bound for C C C puts − z ( C ) -z(C) − z ( C ) in ( − 1 / d , 0 ] ⊆ ( − t , 0 ] (-1/d,0]\subseteq(-t,0] ( − 1/ d , 0 ] ⊆ ( − t , 0 ] when nonzero. Applying the same projection estimate to these two charges gives
∣ Z ( K ) ∣ + ∣ z ( C ) ∣ ≤ c − 1 ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ . (32) |Z(K)|+|z(C)|\leq c^{-1}|Z(E)|. \tag*{(32)} ∣ Z ( K ) ∣ + ∣ z ( C ) ∣ ≤ c − 1 ∣ Z ( E ) ∣. (32)
Combining these estimates, we obtain
M ( R − 1 E ) ≤ M ( K ) + M ( ( C , 0 ) ) ≤ c − 3 ( ∣ Z ( K ) ∣ + ∣ z ( C ) ∣ ) ≤ c − 4 ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ . M(R^{-1}E)\leq M(K)+M((C,0))\leq c^{-3}(|Z(K)|+|z(C)|)\leq c^{-4}|Z(E)|. M ( R − 1 E ) ≤ M ( K ) + M (( C , 0 )) ≤ c − 3 ( ∣ Z ( K ) ∣ + ∣ z ( C ) ∣ ) ≤ c − 4 ∣ Z ( E ) ∣.
The first inequality applies the mass triangle inequality (5) at each vertex of (29) , using invariance under shifts. The second uses the bound for K K K in (18) , the bound for C C C in (31) , and c ≤ 1 c\leq1 c ≤ 1 . The last follows from (32) . Applying (27) to R − 1 E R^{-1}E R − 1 E now gives the required bound for M ( E ) M(E) M ( E ) . □
Lemma 3.15. Put B d = ( 1 + λ ) d c − 4 B_d=(1+\lambda)^d c^{-4} B d = ( 1 + λ ) d c − 4 . For every j ∈ Z j\in\mathbb{Z} j ∈ Z and E ∈ S j E\in\mathcal{S}_j E ∈ S j , one has
M ( E ) ≤ B d ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ . (33) M(E)\leq B_d|Z(E)|. \tag*{(33)} M ( E ) ≤ B d ∣ Z ( E ) ∣. (33) In particular, every nonzero block object has nonzero charge. Fix a norm on Λ R \Lambda_{\mathbb{R}} Λ R and a support constant C σ C_\sigma C σ for σ \sigma σ . With the corresponding sum norm on the vertex lattice Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) \Lambda^{\oplus2(d-1)} Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) , one also has
∥ v ( E ) ∥ ≤ C σ M ( E ) ≤ C σ B d ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ ( E ∈ S j ) . (34) \|v(E)\|\leq C_\sigma M(E)\leq C_\sigma B_d|Z(E)|\qquad(E\in\mathcal{S}_j). \tag*{(34)} ∥ v ( E ) ∥ ≤ C σ M ( E ) ≤ C σ B d ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ ( E ∈ S j ) . (34)
Proof. First suppose 0 ≤ j < d 0 \le j < d 0 ≤ j < d . Then R − j E ∈ S 0 R^{-j}E \in\mathcal{S}_0 R − j E ∈ S 0 . Applying (27) j j j times and then (30) , we obtain
M ( E ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) j M ( R − j E ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) j + 1 c − 4 ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ ≤ B d ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ . M(E) \le(1+\lambda)^j M(R^{-j}E) \le(1+\lambda)^{j+1}c^{-4}|Z(E)| \le B_d|Z(E)|. M ( E ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) j M ( R − j E ) ≤ ( 1 + λ ) j + 1 c − 4 ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ ≤ B d ∣ Z ( E ) ∣.
Here (26) gives ∣ Z ( R − j E ) ∣ = ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ |Z(R^{-j}E)|=|Z(E)| ∣ Z ( R − j E ) ∣ = ∣ Z ( E ) ∣ , and the last inequality uses j + 1 ≤ d j+1\le d j + 1 ≤ d and 1 + λ ≥ 1 1+\lambda\ge1 1 + λ ≥ 1 . Since S j + d = S j [ 1 ] \mathcal{S}_{j+d}=\mathcal{S}_j[1] S j + d = S j [ 1 ] and shifts preserve both M M M and the absolute value of the charge, the bound holds for every j ∈ Z j\in\mathbb{Z} j ∈ Z . If E ≠ 0 E\ne0 E = 0 , at least one vertex object is nonzero, so M ( E ) > 0 M(E)>0 M ( E ) > 0 and hence Z ( E ) ≠ 0 Z(E)\ne0 Z ( E ) = 0 .
For any object A ∈ C A\in\mathcal{C} A ∈ C , applying the support inequality (4) to its HN factors with respect to σ \sigma σ and summing gives ∥ v ( A ) ∥ ≤ C σ m σ ( A ) \|v(A)\|\le C_\sigma m_\sigma(A) ∥ v ( A ) ∥ ≤ C σ m σ ( A ) . Summing this inequality over all vertices and using r k ≥ 1 r_k\ge1 r k ≥ 1 gives ∥ v ( E ) ∥ ≤ C σ M ( E ) \|v(E)\|\le C_\sigma M(E) ∥ v ( E ) ∥ ≤ C σ M ( E ) . Together with (33) , this proves (34) . □
The stronger estimate (33) will also provide the mass–Hom bound after constructing HN filtrations.
Harder–Narasimhan filtrations
Successive truncations along U ⊃ R U ⊃ ⋯ ⊃ R d U = U [ 1 ] U\supset RU\supset\cdots\supset R^dU=U[1] U ⊃ R U ⊃ ⋯ ⊃ R d U = U [ 1 ] give filtrations by blocks. We refine these to HN filtrations using the support bound (34) . A similar use of nested aisles appears in [33 §4] .
Lemma 3.16. Let a < b a<b a < b . Every object E ∈ U a ∩ U b ⊥ E\in U_a\cap U_b^\perp E ∈ U a ∩ U b ⊥ has a filtration by distinguished triangles with successive factors in S b − 1 , … , S a \mathcal{S}_{b-1},\ldots,\mathcal{S}_a S b − 1 , … , S a , in that order, allowing zero factors. Every object belongs to such an intersection for suitable integers a < b a<b a < b . For every j ∈ Z j\in\mathbb{Z} j ∈ Z , the pair ( T j , S j ) (\mathcal{T}_j,\mathcal{S}_j) ( T j , S j ) is a torsion pair in H j \mathcal{H}_j H j , where
T j = U j + 1 ∩ H j = ⟨ S j + d − 1 , … , S j + 1 ⟩ . \mathcal{T}_j=U_{j+1}\cap\mathcal{H}_j=\langle\mathcal{S}_{j+d-1},\ldots,\mathcal{S}_{j+1}\rangle. T j = U j + 1 ∩ H j = ⟨ S j + d − 1 , … , S j + 1 ⟩ . Moreover, Hom ( S l , S j ) = 0 \operatorname{Hom}(\mathcal{S}_l,\mathcal{S}_j)=0 Hom ( S l , S j ) = 0 whenever l > j l>j l > j .
Proof. Suppose E ∈ U a ∩ U b ⊥ E\in U_a\cap U_b^\perp E ∈ U a ∩ U b ⊥ , with a < b a<b a < b . Truncation at the aisle U a + 1 U_{a+1} U a + 1 gives a triangle
E ′ ⟶ E ⟶ E ′ ′ ⟶ E ′ [ 1 ] , E ′ ∈ U a + 1 , E ′ ′ ∈ U a + 1 ⊥ . E'\longrightarrow E\longrightarrow E''\longrightarrow E'[1],\qquad E'\in U_{a+1},\quad E''\in U_{a+1}^\perp. E ′ ⟶ E ⟶ E ′′ ⟶ E ′ [ 1 ] , E ′ ∈ U a + 1 , E ′′ ∈ U a + 1 ⊥ .
The rotated triangle E → E ′ ′ → E ′ [ 1 ] E\to E''\to E'[1] E → E ′′ → E ′ [ 1 ] shows that E ′ ′ ∈ U a E''\in U_a E ′′ ∈ U a , since both outside terms lie in this aisle. Hence E ′ ′ ∈ U a ∩ U a + 1 ⊥ = S a E''\in U_a\cap U_{a+1}^\perp=\mathcal{S}_a E ′′ ∈ U a ∩ U a + 1 ⊥ = S a . The remaining term satisfies E ′ ∈ U b ⊥ E'\in U_b^\perp E ′ ∈ U b ⊥ as well. Indeed, for A ∈ U b A\in U_b A ∈ U b we have A [ 1 ] ∈ U a + 1 A[1]\in U_{a+1} A [ 1 ] ∈ U a + 1 , so Hom ( A , E ′ ′ [ − 1 ] ) = Hom ( A [ 1 ] , E ′ ′ ) = 0 \operatorname{Hom}(A,E''[-1])=\operatorname{Hom}(A[1],E'')=0 Hom ( A , E ′′ [ − 1 ]) = Hom ( A [ 1 ] , E ′′ ) = 0 . Applying Hom ( A , − ) \operatorname{Hom}(A,-) Hom ( A , − ) to E ′ ′ [ − 1 ] → E ′ → E E''[-1]\to E'\to E E ′′ [ − 1 ] → E ′ → E then gives Hom ( A , E ′ ) = 0 \operatorname{Hom}(A,E')=0 Hom ( A , E ′ ) = 0 .
We can therefore repeat the construction with E ′ ∈ U a + 1 ∩ U b ⊥ E'\in U_{a+1}\cap U_b^\perp E ′ ∈ U a + 1 ∩ U b ⊥ . It ends when the remaining term lies in U b ∩ U b ⊥ = 0 U_b\cap U_b^\perp=0 U b ∩ U b ⊥ = 0 , giving a filtration with factors in S b − 1 , … , S a \mathcal{S}_{b-1},\ldots,\mathcal{S}_a S b − 1 , … , S a , in that order. Boundedness and U j + d = U j [ 1 ] U_{j+d}=U_j[1] U j + d = U j [ 1 ] ensure that every object belongs to U a ∩ U b ⊥ U_a\cap U_b^\perp U a ∩ U b ⊥ for suitable integers a < b a<b a < b .
For E ∈ H j E\in\mathcal{H}_j E ∈ H j , take a = j a=j a = j and b = j + d b=j+d b = j + d . All the remaining terms and factors then lie in H j \mathcal{H}_j H j , so the triangles are short exact sequences in this heart. The first truncation gives the torsion decomposition for the pair
( T j , S j ) , T j = U j + 1 ∩ H j = ⟨ S j + d − 1 , … , S j + 1 ⟩ , (\mathcal{T}_j,\mathcal{S}_j),\qquad\mathcal{T}_j=U_{j+1}\cap\mathcal{H}_j=\langle\mathcal{S}_{j+d-1},\ldots,\mathcal{S}_{j+1}\rangle, ( T j , S j ) , T j = U j + 1 ∩ H j = ⟨ S j + d − 1 , … , S j + 1 ⟩ ,
where orthogonality follows from S j ⊂ U j + 1 ⊥ \mathcal{S}_j\subset U_{j+1}^\perp S j ⊂ U j + 1 ⊥ . In particular, S j \mathcal{S}_j S j is closed under subobjects and extensions in H j \mathcal{H}_j H j . More generally, if l > j l>j l > j , then S l ⊂ U j + 1 \mathcal{S}_l\subset U_{j+1} S l ⊂ U j + 1 , so Hom ( S l , S j ) = 0 \operatorname{Hom}(\mathcal{S}_l,\mathcal{S}_j)=0 Hom ( S l , S j ) = 0 . □
By Lemma 3.10 and (26) , every nonzero E ∈ H j E\in\mathcal{H}_j E ∈ H j has a unique phase φ ∈ ( j / d , j / d + 1 ] \varphi\in(j/d,j/d+1] φ ∈ ( j / d , j / d + 1 ] such that
Z ( E ) ∈ R > 0 e π i φ . Z(E)\in\mathbb{R}_{>0}e^{\pi i\varphi}. Z ( E ) ∈ R > 0 e π i φ .
We call E E E semistable if no nonzero subobject in H j \mathcal{H}_j H j has larger phase. The following argument is fairly standard; compare Collins–Polishchuk [10 Proposition 3.1 and Lemma 3.2] .
Lemma 3.17. For every j ∈ Z j\in\mathbb{Z} j ∈ Z , every nonzero object E ∈ S j E\in\mathcal{S}_j E ∈ S j has a finite filtration by subobjects in H j \mathcal{H}_j H j whose successive quotients are nonzero semistable objects of S j \mathcal{S}_j S j with strictly decreasing phases.
Proof. Fix 0 ≠ E ∈ S j 0\ne E\in\mathcal{S}_j 0 = E ∈ S j , and use the torsion pair ( T j , S j ) (\mathcal{T}_j,\mathcal{S}_j) ( T j , S j ) of Lemma 3.16. Call a subobject A ⊂ E A\subset E A ⊂ E in H j \mathcal{H}_j H j saturated if E / A ∈ S j E/A\in\mathcal{S}_j E / A ∈ S j .
It suffices to test semistability on saturated subobjects. Indeed, given 0 ≠ G ⊂ E 0\ne G\subset E 0 = G ⊂ E , let G ‾ \overline{G} G be the inverse image in E E E of the T j \mathcal{T}_j T j part of E / G E/G E / G . Then E / G ‾ ∈ S j E/\overline{G}\in\mathcal{S}_j E / G ∈ S j , so G ‾ \overline{G} G is saturated, and G ‾ / G ∈ T j \overline{G}/G\in\mathcal{T}_j G / G ∈ T j . Their charges have phases in ( ( j + 1 ) / d , j / d + 1 ] ((j+1)/d,j/d+1] (( j + 1 ) / d , j / d + 1 ] , above the phase of G ∈ S j G\in\mathcal{S}_j G ∈ S j . All these rays, including that of G G G , lie in a sector of angle strictly less than π \pi π . Adding their charges therefore cannot lower the phase of G G G . Thus any destabilizing subobject gives a destabilizing saturated subobject.
There are only finitely many possible charges of saturated subobjects of E E E . To see this, project onto the middle ray of the block sector:
b j ( w ) = Re ( e − π i ( j + 1 / 2 ) / d w ) . b_j(w)=\operatorname{Re}(e^{-\pi i(j+1/2)/d}w). b j ( w ) = Re ( e − π i ( j + 1/2 ) / d w ) .
By (28) , the sector has angle π / d ≤ π t \pi/d\le\pi t π / d ≤ π t . The projection estimate (19) therefore gives b j ( Z ( A ) ) ≥ c ∣ Z ( A ) ∣ > 0 b_j(\mathcal{Z}(A))\ge c|\mathcal{Z}(A)|>0 b j ( Z ( A )) ≥ c ∣ Z ( A ) ∣ > 0 for every nonzero A ∈ S j A\in\mathcal{S}_j A ∈ S j . If A ⊂ E A\subset E A ⊂ E is saturated, its quotient also belongs to S j \mathcal{S}_j S j , so b j ( Z ( A ) ) ≤ b j ( Z ( E ) ) b_j(\mathcal{Z}(A))\le b_j(\mathcal{Z}(E)) b j ( Z ( A )) ≤ b j ( Z ( E )) . The support estimate (34) now gives
∥ v ( A ) ∥ ≤ C σ B d ∣ Z ( A ) ∣ ≤ C σ B d c − 1 b j ( Z ( E ) ) . \lVert v(A)\rVert\le C_\sigma B_d|\mathcal{Z}(A)|\le C_\sigma B_dc^{-1}b_j(\mathcal{Z}(E)). ∥ v ( A )∥ ≤ C σ B d ∣ Z ( A ) ∣ ≤ C σ B d c − 1 b j ( Z ( E )) .
A bounded subset of the vertex lattice is finite, and Z ( A ) \mathcal{Z}(A) Z ( A ) depends only on v ( A ) v(A) v ( A ) , proving the assertion.
Choose a nonzero saturated subobject A 1 ⊂ E A_1\subset E A 1 ⊂ E of maximal phase and, among those, maximal charge modulus. Such a choice exists because E E E itself is saturated and only finitely many charges occur. A saturated subobject of A 1 A_1 A 1 is saturated in E E E : the quotient of E E E by it is an extension of two objects of S j \mathcal{S}_j S j . Thus no saturated subobject of A 1 A_1 A 1 has larger phase, and the criterion just proved shows that A 1 A_1 A 1 is semistable. Every nonzero saturated subobject B ⊂ E / A 1 B\subset E/A_1 B ⊂ E / A 1 has smaller phase than A 1 A_1 A 1 . Otherwise its inverse image in E E E would be saturated with larger phase, or with the same phase and larger charge modulus, contrary to the choice of A 1 A_1 A 1 .
Repeat this construction on E / A 1 E/A_1 E / A 1 . The resulting factors are semistable with strictly decreasing phases. Their successive inverse images 0 = E 0 ⊂ E 1 ⊂ ⋯ ⊂ E 0=E_0\subset E_1\subset\cdots\subset E 0 = E 0 ⊂ E 1 ⊂ ⋯ ⊂ E are all saturated in E E E , because each remaining quotient lies in S j \mathcal{S}_j S j . Their charges therefore belong to the finite set found above, whereas b j ( Z ( E r ) ) b_j(\mathcal{Z}(E_r)) b j ( Z ( E r )) strictly increases at each step. The construction must therefore reach E E E after finitely many steps, giving its HN filtration. □
Lemma 3.18. The charge Z \mathcal{Z} Z defines a stability condition Σ = ( Z , P Σ ) \Sigma=(\mathcal{Z},\mathcal{P}_\Sigma) Σ = ( Z , P Σ ) with heart A ′ \mathcal{A}' A ′ and support property on Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) \Lambda^{\oplus2(d-1)} Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) . The condition Σ \Sigma Σ is of Gepner type ( R , 1 / d ) (R,1/d) ( R , 1/ d ) . For every quiver diagram E E E ,
M ( E ) ≤ B d m Σ ( E ) , B d = ( 1 + 2 cos ( π / d ) ) d sin ( π / ( 2 d ) ) − 4 . (35) M(E)\le B_dm_\Sigma(E),\qquad B_d=(1+2\cos(\pi/d))^d\sin(\pi/(2d))^{-4}. \tag*{(35)} M ( E ) ≤ B d m Σ ( E ) , B d = ( 1 + 2 cos ( π / d ) ) d sin ( π / ( 2 d ) ) − 4 . (35)
Proof. For each ϕ ∈ R \phi\in\mathbb{R} ϕ ∈ R , there is a unique integer j j j such that j / d < ϕ ≤ ( j + 1 ) / d j/d<\phi\le(j+1)/d j / d < ϕ ≤ ( j + 1 ) / d . Define P Σ ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}_\Sigma(\phi) P Σ ( ϕ ) to be the full subcategory consisting of zero and the objects of S j \mathcal{S}_j S j that are semistable of phase ϕ \phi ϕ in the heart H j \mathcal{H}_j H j . The subobject and quotient criteria for semistability [8 Definition 2.2 and the following paragraph] imply that extensions and finite direct sums of semistable objects of phase ϕ \phi ϕ in H j \mathcal{H}_j H j are again semistable of phase ϕ \phi ϕ . A nonzero direct summand is both a subobject and a quotient, so it has the same phase; its subobjects are also subobjects of the original object, so it is semistable as well. By Lemma 3.16, the block S j \mathcal{S}_j S j is closed under extensions and subobjects; hence all these objects remain in S j \mathcal{S}_j S j . Thus P Σ ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}_\Sigma(\phi) P Σ ( ϕ ) is additive and closed under extensions and direct summands.
We next check the vanishing of morphisms in decreasing phase. Let A ∈ P Σ ( ϕ ) A\in\mathcal{P}_\Sigma(\phi) A ∈ P Σ ( ϕ ) and B ∈ P Σ ( ψ ) B\in\mathcal{P}_\Sigma(\psi) B ∈ P Σ ( ψ ) , with ϕ > ψ \phi>\psi ϕ > ψ . If A A A and B B B lie in the same block S j \mathcal{S}_j S j , any morphism f : A → B f:A\to B f : A → B has an image I I I in the abelian heart H j \mathcal{H}_j H j . If f ≠ 0 f\ne0 f = 0 , then I ≠ 0 I\ne0 I = 0 is a quotient of A A A and a subobject of B B B . The quotient criterion for semistability gives ϕ ( I ) ≥ ϕ \phi(I)\ge\phi ϕ ( I ) ≥ ϕ , while the subobject criterion gives ϕ ( I ) ≤ ψ \phi(I)\le\psi ϕ ( I ) ≤ ψ , a contradiction. Thus f = 0 f=0 f = 0 . If A A A and B B B lie in different blocks, the block containing A A A has larger index, and the vanishing follows from Lemma 3.16.
Every object has the block filtration of Lemma 3.16. Refine each block factor by its HN filtration from Lemma 3.17. The phases decrease within each block. They also decrease when passing to a block of smaller index, since every phase in S j \mathcal{S}_j S j is greater than j / d j/d j / d , whereas every phase in a lower block is at most j / d j/d j / d . The refined filtration is therefore an HN filtration for P Σ \mathcal{P}_\Sigma P Σ .
The shift [ 1 ] [1] [ 1 ] is an exact equivalence from H j \mathcal{H}_j H j to H j + d \mathcal{H}_{j+d} H j + d , taking S j \mathcal{S}_j S j to S j + d \mathcal{S}_{j+d} S j + d . It identifies subobjects in the two hearts and, because Z ( E [ 1 ] ) = − Z ( E ) \mathcal{Z}(E[1])=-\mathcal{Z}(E) Z ( E [ 1 ]) = − Z ( E ) , increases phases by 1 1 1 . Thus it preserves semistability and gives P Σ ( ϕ + 1 ) = P Σ ( ϕ ) [ 1 ] \mathcal{P}_\Sigma(\phi+1)=\mathcal{P}_\Sigma(\phi)[1] P Σ ( ϕ + 1 ) = P Σ ( ϕ ) [ 1 ] . We have now verified the slicing axioms. The condition on the central charge holds by the definition of P Σ ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}_\Sigma(\phi) P Σ ( ϕ ) , so Σ = ( Z , P Σ ) \Sigma=(\mathcal{Z},\mathcal{P}_\Sigma) Σ = ( Z , P Σ ) is a stability condition. The block filtration in H 0 = A ′ \mathcal{H}_0=\mathcal{A}' H 0 = A ′ uses the blocks S 0 , … , S d − 1 \mathcal{S}_0,\ldots,\mathcal{S}_{d-1} S 0 , … , S d − 1 . Its refinement shows that A ′ \mathcal{A}' A ′ is the extension closure of the subcategories P Σ ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}_\Sigma(\phi) P Σ ( ϕ ) with 0 < ϕ ≤ 1 0<\phi\le1 0 < ϕ ≤ 1 . Hence P Σ ( ( 0 , 1 ] ) = A ′ \mathcal{P}_\Sigma((0,1])=\mathcal{A}' P Σ (( 0 , 1 ]) = A ′ . To check the Gepner property, use the exact equivalence R : H j → ∼ H j + 1 R:\mathcal{H}_j \xrightarrow{\sim} \mathcal{H}_{j+1} R : H j ∼ H j + 1 , which carries S j S_j S j to S j + 1 S_{j+1} S j + 1 . Every subobject of R E RE R E in H j + 1 \mathcal{H}_{j+1} H j + 1 is the image under R R R of a subobject of E E E in H j \mathcal{H}_j H j . By (26), the phases of E E E and all its subobjects increase by the same amount 1 / d 1/d 1/ d . Thus E E E is semistable if and only if R E RE R E is semistable, and
R P Σ ( ϕ ) = P Σ ( ϕ + 1 / d ) . RP_{\Sigma}(\phi)=P_{\Sigma}(\phi+1/d). R P Σ ( ϕ ) = P Σ ( ϕ + 1/ d ) .
Together with (26), this is the Gepner property of Definition 1.1.
Every Σ \Sigma Σ -semistable object lies in one block, so (34) gives the support property. Finally, let E 1 , … , E s E_1,\ldots,E_s E 1 , … , E s be the HN factors of an arbitrary quiver diagram E E E . The triangle inequality (17) for M M M and the block estimate (33) give
M ( E ) ≤ ∑ k = 1 s M ( E k ) ≤ B d ∑ k = 1 s ∣ Z ( E k ) ∣ = B d m Σ ( E ) , (36) M(E)\leq\sum_{k=1}^{s}M(E_k)\leq B_d\sum_{k=1}^{s}\lvert Z(E_k)\rvert=B_dm_{\Sigma}(E), \tag*{(36)} M ( E ) ≤ k = 1 ∑ s M ( E k ) ≤ B d k = 1 ∑ s ∣ Z ( E k )∣ = B d m Σ ( E ) , (36)
which proves (35). □
Lemma 3.19. The vertex class map
K 0 ( C ⊗ Q ^ d ) ⟶ Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) , [ E ] ⟼ ( v ( E j ) ) j , K_0(\mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathbb{Q}}_d)\longrightarrow\Lambda^{\oplus2(d-1)},\qquad[E]\longmapsto\bigl(v(E_j)\bigr)_j, K 0 ( C ⊗ Q d ) ⟶ Λ ⊕ 2 ( d − 1 ) , [ E ] ⟼ ( v ( E j ) ) j , is numerical: it factors through K n u m ( C ⊗ Q ^ d ) K_{\mathrm{num}}(\mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathbb{Q}}_d) K num ( C ⊗ Q d ) . Here j j j ranges over all source and target vertices, and v ( E j ) v(E_j) v ( E j ) is the given numerical class of the vertex object E j ∈ C E_j\in\mathcal{C} E j ∈ C .
Proof. Fix a vertex j j j , and recall the projective diagrams P j ⊗ C B P_j\otimes_{\mathcal{C}}B P j ⊗ C B used in the resolution (9). Their representable-module description in the proof of Lemma 3.1 gives the evaluation adjunction
Hom ( P j ⊗ C B , E [ n ] ) ≅ Hom C ( B , E j [ n ] ) ( B ∈ C , n ∈ Z ) . \operatorname{Hom}(P_j\otimes_{\mathcal{C}}B,E[n])\cong\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathcal{C}}(B,E_j[n])\qquad(B\in\mathcal{C},\ n\in\mathbb{Z}). Hom ( P j ⊗ C B , E [ n ]) ≅ Hom C ( B , E j [ n ]) ( B ∈ C , n ∈ Z ) . Taking alternating sums of dimensions gives
χ C ( B , E j ) = χ C ⊗ Q ^ d ( P j ⊗ C B , E ) . (37) \chi_{\mathcal{C}}(B,E_j)=\chi_{\mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathbb{Q}}_d}(P_j\otimes_{\mathcal{C}}B,E). \tag*{(37)} χ C ( B , E j ) = χ C ⊗ Q d ( P j ⊗ C B , E ) . (37) Both categories have Serre functors, so their left and right Euler radicals agree, as recalled in Section 2. If a class ξ ∈ K 0 ( C ⊗ Q ^ d ) \xi\in K_0(\mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathbb{Q}}_d) ξ ∈ K 0 ( C ⊗ Q d ) is numerically trivial, the right-hand side of (36), extended by linearity to ξ \xi ξ , vanishes for every B ∈ C B\in\mathcal{C} B ∈ C . Thus its class at vertex j j j is numerically trivial in C \mathcal{C} C and is killed by the numerical class map v v v . This holds at every vertex, proving the lemma. □
Corollary 3.20. If σ \sigma σ admits a total mass–Hom bound, then so does Σ \Sigma Σ . More precisely, if a split generator G G G of C \mathcal{C} C satisfies
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( G , E [ n ] ) ≤ κ m σ ( E ) for every E ∈ C , \sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(G,E[n])\leq\kappa m_{\sigma}(E)\qquad\text{for every }E\in\mathcal{C}, n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( G , E [ n ]) ≤ κ m σ ( E ) for every E ∈ C , then the diagram category has a split generator P P P satisfying
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( P , E [ n ] ) ≤ κ B d m Σ ( E ) for every diagram E . \sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(P,E[n])\leq\kappa B_dm_{\Sigma}(E)\qquad\text{for every diagram }E. n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( P , E [ n ]) ≤ κ B d m Σ ( E ) for every diagram E . Proof. Take P = ⨁ j P j ⊗ G P=\bigoplus_jP_j\otimes G P = ⨁ j P j ⊗ G , where P j P_j P j is the projective representation at vertex j j j . The resolution (9) shows that P P P split-generates the diagram category. Evaluation adjunction, r j ≥ 1 r_j\geq1 r j ≥ 1 , and (35) give
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( P , E [ n ] ) = ∑ j ∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( G , E j [ n ] ) ≤ κ ∑ j m σ ( E j ) ≤ κ M ( E ) ≤ κ B d m Σ ( E ) . \sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(P,E[n])
=\sum_j\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(G,E_j[n])
\leq\kappa\sum_jm_{\sigma}(E_j)\leq\kappa M(E)\leq\kappa B_dm_{\Sigma}(E). n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( P , E [ n ]) = j ∑ n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( G , E j [ n ]) ≤ κ j ∑ m σ ( E j ) ≤ κ M ( E ) ≤ κ B d m Σ ( E ) . Since P P P is a split generator, Lemma 2.1 extends this bound to every fixed object A ∈ C ⊗ Q ^ d A\in\mathcal{C}\otimes\widehat{\mathbb{Q}}_d A ∈ C ⊗ Q d . More precisely, there is a constant C A > 0 C_A>0 C A > 0 , independent of E E E , such that for every quiver diagram E E E ,
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ] ) ≤ C A m Σ ( E ) . \sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(A,E[n])\leq C_Am_{\Sigma}(E). n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ]) ≤ C A m Σ ( E ) .
Compatibility with autoequivalences
Suppose that the stability condition σ \sigma σ is of Gepner type ( Ψ , 1 / d ) (\Psi,1/d) ( Ψ , 1/ d ) for an exact enhanced autoequivalence Ψ \Psi Ψ of C \mathcal{C} C . Applying Ψ \Psi Ψ at every vertex and along every arrow gives an autoequivalence of quiver diagrams, which we also denote by Ψ \Psi Ψ . Its dg lift respects the sums and cones defining reflection, so this induced functor is exact and commutes with R R R . We will show that Σ \Sigma Σ is also of Gepner type ( Ψ , 1 / d ) (\Psi,1/d) ( Ψ , 1/ d ) . The charge identity follows directly from Z ( X , Y ) = z ( X ) + q z ( Y ) \mathcal{Z}(X,Y)=z(X)+qz(Y) Z ( X , Y ) = z ( X ) + q z ( Y ) :
Z ( Ψ E ) = e π i / d Z ( E ) . (38) \mathcal{Z}(\Psi E)=e^{\pi i/d}\mathcal{Z}(E). \tag*{(38)} Z ( Ψ E ) = e π i / d Z ( E ) . (38)
To prove the corresponding statement for semistability, we first show that Ψ \Psi Ψ sends the tilted aisle U U U into itself.
Lemma 3.21. One has Ψ U ⊂ U \Psi U\subset U Ψ U ⊂ U .
Proof. Recall that V V V is the aisle of the heart H \mathcal{H} H , and every object of U U U is an extension of an object of T \mathcal{T} T by one of V [ 1 ] V[1] V [ 1 ] . Applying Ψ \Psi Ψ increases every phase in C \mathcal{C} C by 1 / d 1/d 1/ d , so Ψ V ⊂ V \Psi V\subset V Ψ V ⊂ V and hence Ψ ( V [ 1 ] ) ⊂ V [ 1 ] ⊂ U \Psi(V[1])\subset V[1]\subset U Ψ ( V [ 1 ]) ⊂ V [ 1 ] ⊂ U . It remains to consider E ∈ T E\in\mathcal{T} E ∈ T . Since Ψ E ∈ V \Psi E\in V Ψ E ∈ V , we must show that H H 0 ( Ψ E ) ∈ T H^0_{\mathcal{H}}(\Psi E)\in\mathcal{T} H H 0 ( Ψ E ) ∈ T .
At a vertex j j j , the HN factors of E j E_j E j occur in decreasing order of phase. Let E j > t ⊂ E j E_j^{>t}\subset E_j E j > t ⊂ E j be the subobject given by the initial part of this filtration consisting of all factors of phase greater than t t t ; take E j > t = 0 E_j^{>t}=0 E j > t = 0 if there are no such factors. The quotient E j / E j > t E_j/E_j^{>t} E j / E j > t then has all HN phases in ( 0 , t ] (0,t] ( 0 , t ] . Every arrow E j → E k E_j\to E_k E j → E k maps E j > t E_j^{>t} E j > t into E k > t E_k^{>t} E k > t , because its composition with E k → E k / E k > t E_k\to E_k/E_k^{>t} E k → E k / E k > t vanishes: there are no morphisms from objects with HN phases greater than t t t to objects with HN phases at most t t t . Thus the E j > t E_j^{>t} E j > t form a quiver subdiagram of E E E . Let E l o w E_{\mathrm{low}} E low be the quotient diagram, whose vertex objects are E j / E j > t E_j/E_j^{>t} E j / E j > t . It belongs to T \mathcal{T} T because E ∈ T E\in\mathcal{T} E ∈ T and T \mathcal{T} T is closed under quotients in H \mathcal{H} H . Applying Ψ \Psi Ψ sends the subdiagram E j > t E_j^{>t} E j > t into H [ 1 ] \mathcal{H}[1] H [ 1 ] and E l o w E_{\mathrm{low}} E low into H \mathcal{H} H . Taking cohomology gives
H H 0 ( Ψ E ) = Ψ E l o w ∈ H . H^0_{\mathcal{H}}(\Psi E)=\Psi E_{\mathrm{low}}\in\mathcal{H}. H H 0 ( Ψ E ) = Ψ E low ∈ H .
Suppose that Ψ E l o w \Psi E_{\mathrm{low}} Ψ E low does not belong to T \mathcal{T} T . Its torsion decomposition gives an exact sequence in H \mathcal{H} H
0 ⟶ L ⟶ Ψ E l o w ⟶ Q ⟶ 0 , 0 ≠ Q ∈ F . 0\longrightarrow L\longrightarrow\Psi E_{\mathrm{low}}\longrightarrow Q\longrightarrow0,\qquad0\ne Q\in\mathcal{F}. 0 ⟶ L ⟶ Ψ E low ⟶ Q ⟶ 0 , 0 = Q ∈ F .
The objects in C \mathcal{C} C with phases in ( 1 / d , 1 ] (1/d,1] ( 1/ d , 1 ] are closed under quotients in A \mathcal{A} A . Thus the vertices of Q Q Q , like those of Ψ E l o w \Psi E_{\mathrm{low}} Ψ E low , have phases in this interval, and Ψ − 1 Q ∈ H \Psi^{-1}Q\in\mathcal{H} Ψ − 1 Q ∈ H .
Applying Ψ − 1 \Psi^{-1} Ψ − 1 and taking cohomology gives an exact sequence
E l o w ⟶ Ψ − 1 Q ⟶ H H 1 ( Ψ − 1 L ) ⟶ 0. E_{\mathrm{low}}\longrightarrow\Psi^{-1}Q\longrightarrow H^1_{\mathcal{H}}(\Psi^{-1}L)\longrightarrow0. E low ⟶ Ψ − 1 Q ⟶ H H 1 ( Ψ − 1 L ) ⟶ 0.
The image of the first map belongs to T \mathcal{T} T , being a quotient of E l o w E_{\mathrm{low}} E low , so its imaginary charge is nonnegative by Lemma 3.10. The last term also has nonnegative imaginary charge. Indeed, its vertices come from the HN factors of L L L with phases in ( 0 , 1 / d ] (0,1/d] ( 0 , 1/ d ] : applying Ψ − 1 \Psi^{-1} Ψ − 1 and then [ 1 ] [1] [ 1 ] puts these phases in ( t , 1 ] (t,1] ( t , 1 ] . Its source contributions therefore have nonnegative imaginary parts, and multiplication by q = e − π i / d q=e^{-\pi i/d} q = e − π i / d puts its target contributions in phases ( 0 , 1 / d ] (0,1/d] ( 0 , 1/ d ] . Additivity now gives Im Z ( Ψ − 1 Q ) ≥ 0 \operatorname{Im}\mathcal{Z}(\Psi^{-1}Q)\ge0 Im Z ( Ψ − 1 Q ) ≥ 0 . But (37) gives
Z ( Ψ − 1 Q ) = e − π i / d Z ( Q ) , \mathcal{Z}(\Psi^{-1}Q)=e^{-\pi i/d}\mathcal{Z}(Q), Z ( Ψ − 1 Q ) = e − π i / d Z ( Q ) ,
whose phase lies in ( − 1 , − 1 / d ] (-1,-1/d] ( − 1 , − 1/ d ] by (18), since 0 ≠ Q ∈ F 0\ne Q\in\mathcal{F} 0 = Q ∈ F . Its imaginary part is strictly negative, a contradiction. Thus H H 0 ( Ψ E ) ∈ T H^0_{\mathcal{H}}(\Psi E)\in\mathcal{T} H H 0 ( Ψ E ) ∈ T , as required. □ \square □
Lemma 3.22. If σ \sigma σ is of Gepner type ( Ψ , 1 / d ) (\Psi,1/d) ( Ψ , 1/ d ) for an exact enhanced autoequivalence Ψ \Psi Ψ of C \mathcal{C} C , then Σ \Sigma Σ is of Gepner type ( Ψ , 1 / d ) (\Psi,1/d) ( Ψ , 1/ d ) for the induced autoequivalence of C ⋊ Q ^ d \mathcal{C}\rtimes\widehat{\mathbb{Q}}_d C ⋊ Q d .
Proof. The functor Ψ d [ − 1 ] \Psi^d[-1] Ψ d [ − 1 ] preserves every slice P ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}(\phi) P ( ϕ ) and the central charge Z Z Z of σ \sigma σ on C \mathcal{C} C . Applied at every vertex, it therefore preserves H \mathcal{H} H , Z \mathcal{Z} Z , P \mathcal{P} P , the torsion pair, and U U U . Thus Ψ d U = U [ 1 ] \Psi^dU=U[1] Ψ d U = U [ 1 ] , and Lemma 3.21 gives
U [ 1 ] = Ψ d U ⊂ Ψ U ⊂ U , U ⊂ Ψ − 1 U ⊂ U [ − 1 ] . U[1]=\Psi^dU\subset\Psi U\subset U,\qquad U\subset\Psi^{-1}U\subset U[-1]. U [ 1 ] = Ψ d U ⊂ Ψ U ⊂ U , U ⊂ Ψ − 1 U ⊂ U [ − 1 ] .
The second chain shows that, for E ∈ A ′ E\in\mathcal{A}' E ∈ A ′ , the object Ψ − 1 E \Psi^{-1}E Ψ − 1 E has A ′ \mathcal{A}' A ′ -cohomology only in degrees 0 and 1. Its cohomology triangle expresses it as an extension of an object of A ′ [ − 1 ] \mathcal{A}'[-1] A ′ [ − 1 ] by one of A ′ \mathcal{A}' A ′ . Its HN phases for Σ \Sigma Σ consequently lie in ( − 1 , 1 ] (-1,1] ( − 1 , 1 ] .
To finish, transport the slicing by Ψ \Psi Ψ and record the expected phase shift:
P ′ ( ϕ ) = Ψ P Σ ( ϕ − 1 / d ) . \mathcal{P}'(\phi)=\Psi\mathcal{P}_{\Sigma}(\phi-1/d). P ′ ( ϕ ) = Ψ P Σ ( ϕ − 1/ d ) .
By (37), this is a slicing with central charge Z Z Z ; hence Σ ′ = ( Z , P ′ ) \Sigma'=(Z,\mathcal{P}') Σ ′ = ( Z , P ′ ) is a stability condition with the same charge as Σ \Sigma Σ . The P ′ \mathcal{P}' P ′ -phases of E E E are the P Σ \mathcal{P}_{\Sigma} P Σ -phases of Ψ − 1 E \Psi^{-1}E Ψ − 1 E , increased by 1 / d 1/d 1/ d . The preceding bound gives
A ′ ⊂ P ′ ( ( − 1 + 1 / d , 1 + 1 / d ] ) ⊂ P ′ ( ( − 1 , 2 ] ) . \mathcal{A}'\subset\mathcal{P}'((-1+1/d,1+1/d])\subset\mathcal{P}'((-1,2]). A ′ ⊂ P ′ (( − 1 + 1/ d , 1 + 1/ d ]) ⊂ P ′ (( − 1 , 2 ]) .
Collins–Polishchuk’s uniqueness criterion [10 Proposition 4.2(a)] says that two stability conditions with the same charge coincide if the heart of the first lies in phases ( − 1 , 2 ] (-1,2] ( − 1 , 2 ] of the second. It follows that Σ ′ = Σ \Sigma'=\Sigma Σ ′ = Σ , so
Ψ P Σ ( ϕ ) = P Σ ( ϕ + 1 / d ) . \Psi\mathcal{P}_{\Sigma}(\phi)=\mathcal{P}_{\Sigma}(\phi+1/d). Ψ P Σ ( ϕ ) = P Σ ( ϕ + 1/ d ) .
Together with (37), this is the Gepner property ( Ψ , 1 / d ) (\Psi,1/d) ( Ψ , 1/ d ) .
This proves Theorem 3.7.
Variations on the Thom–Sebastiani theorem
We now transfer the stability conditions of Section 3 to Fermat hypersurfaces.
Theorem 4.1. For every d ≥ 2 d\geq2 d ≥ 2 and M ≥ 1 M\geq1 M ≥ 1 , give each variable weight 1 1 1 and put
F d , M = x 1 d + ⋯ + x M d . F_{d,M}=x_{1}^{d}+\cdots+x_{M}^{d}. F d , M = x 1 d + ⋯ + x M d . The category MF g r ( F d , M ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(F_{d,M}) MF gr ( F d , M ) has a numerical stability condition of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) satisfying a total mass–Hom bound and the support property on K n u m ( MF g r ( F d , M ) ) K_{\mathrm{num}}(\operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(F_{d,M})) K num ( MF gr ( F d , M )) . Here τ \tau τ is the internal grading shift.
We first relate matrix factorizations of a sum of polynomials to the tensor product of the factorization categories of its summands. We then construct compatible stability conditions on the tensor product and prove the theorem at the end of the section.
Let f 1 , … , f r f_{1},\ldots,f_{r} f 1 , … , f r be weighted homogeneous polynomials of the same degree d d d in disjoint sets of positively weighted variables, each with an isolated critical point at the origin. We call each set of variables a block. For Fermat hypersurfaces each block consists of one variable with potential x d x^{d} x d . In full generality, put W = f 1 + ⋯ + f r W=f_{1}+\cdots+f_{r} W = f 1 + ⋯ + f r and define
L = ⨁ i = 1 r Z e i ⟨ d e i − d e j : 1 ≤ i , j ≤ r ⟩ , π : L ⟶ Z , e i ⟼ 1. L=\frac{\bigoplus_{i=1}^{r}\mathbb{Z}e_{i}}{\langle de_{i}-de_{j}:1\leq i,j\leq r\rangle},\qquad\pi:L\longrightarrow\mathbb{Z},\quad e_{i}\longmapsto1. L = ⟨ d e i − d e j : 1 ≤ i , j ≤ r ⟩ ⨁ i = 1 r Z e i , π : L ⟶ Z , e i ⟼ 1.
A variable of weight a a a in block i i i has L L L -degree a e i ae_{i} a e i , and W W W has the common degree d e i de_{i} d e i . Choosing the last block gives a splitting
L = Z e r ⊕ H , H = ker π = ⨁ i = 1 r − 1 ( Z / d Z ) ( e i − e r ) . L=\mathbb{Z}e_{r}\oplus H,\qquad H=\ker\pi=\bigoplus_{i=1}^{r-1}(\mathbb{Z}/d\mathbb{Z})(e_{i}-e_{r}). L = Z e r ⊕ H , H = ker π = i = 1 ⨁ r − 1 ( Z / d Z ) ( e i − e r ) .
Proposition 4.2. Set T = ⨂ i MF Z ( f i ) \mathcal{T}=\bigotimes_{i}\operatorname{MF}^{\mathbb{Z}}(f_{i}) T = ⨂ i MF Z ( f i ) and D = MF Z ( W ) \mathcal{D}=\operatorname{MF}^{\mathbb{Z}}(W) D = MF Z ( W ) , and let τ i \tau_{i} τ i be the grading shift in the i i i th factor of T \mathcal{T} T . There is a coherent H H H -action on T \mathcal{T} T in which e i − e r e_{i}-e_{r} e i − e r acts as τ i τ r − 1 \tau_{i}\tau_{r}^{-1} τ i τ r − 1 , and an enhanced equivalence
D ≃ T H . \mathcal{D}\simeq\mathcal{T}^{H}. D ≃ T H .
Under this equivalence, the ordinary grading shift on D \mathcal{D} D is induced by τ r \tau_{r} τ r .
Proof. There are two steps. The Thom–Sebastiani theorem identifies T \mathcal{T} T with the category of matrix factorizations of W W W carrying the block grading L L L . We then recover ordinary integer grading by identifying the components whose degrees differ by an element of H H H .
The block grading and the Thom–Sebastiani theorem. We recall the part of [3 Theorem 1.1] that we use. Suppose that two polynomials u u u and v v v on separate affine spaces are multiplied by characters χ : G 1 → C ∗ \chi:G_{1}\to\mathbb{C}^{*} χ : G 1 → C ∗ and ψ : G 2 → C ∗ \psi:G_{2}\to\mathbb{C}^{*} ψ : G 2 → C ∗ of diagonalizable groups. Equivariant modules decompose into character spaces, so equivariant factorizations are simply factorizations graded by the character group. The theorem identifies the Morita tensor product of their equivariant factorization categories with the category of factorizations of the polynomial u + v u+v u + v equivariant for
G 1 × C ∗ G 2 = { ( g 1 , g 2 ) : χ ( g 1 ) = ψ ( g 2 ) } . G_{1}\times_{\mathbb{C}^{*}}G_{2}=\{(g_{1},g_{2}):\chi(g_{1})=\psi(g_{2})\}. G 1 × C ∗ G 2 = {( g 1 , g 2 ) : χ ( g 1 ) = ψ ( g 2 )} .
The equivalence is enhanced. The hypotheses are that the character ( g 1 , g 2 ) ↦ χ ( g 1 ) ψ ( g 2 ) − 1 (g_1,g_2)\mapsto\chi(g_1)\psi(g_2)^{-1} ( g 1 , g 2 ) ↦ χ ( g 1 ) ψ ( g 2 ) − 1 has infinite order and that every singular point of { u + v = 0 } \{u+v=0\} { u + v = 0 } lies in { u = 0 } × { v = 0 } \{u=0\}\times\{v=0\} { u = 0 } × { v = 0 } .
For r ≥ 2 r\ge2 r ≥ 2 , apply the theorem first to f 1 f_1 f 1 and f 2 f_2 f 2 , and then adjoin one polynomial at a time. At the step adjoining f k f_k f k , the group already satisfies t 1 d = ⋯ = t k − 1 d t_1^d=\cdots=t_{k-1}^d t 1 d = ⋯ = t k − 1 d . Its product with the new C ∗ \mathbb{C}^* C ∗ -factor has character quotient t 1 d t k − d t_1^d t_k^{-d} t 1 d t k − d , of infinite order since t k t_k t k varies freely. The fiber product adds exactly the relation t k d = t 1 d t_k^d=t_1^d t k d = t 1 d . The resulting group is therefore
G = { ( t 1 , … , t r ) ∈ ( C ∗ ) r : t 1 d = ⋯ = t r d } = Hom ( L , C ∗ ) . G=\{(t_1,\ldots,t_r)\in(\mathbb{C}^*)^r:t_1^d=\cdots=t_r^d\}=\operatorname{Hom}(L,\mathbb{C}^*). G = {( t 1 , … , t r ) ∈ ( C ∗ ) r : t 1 d = ⋯ = t r d } = Hom ( L , C ∗ ) .
Its character group is L L L , so G G G -equivariance is precisely L L L -grading. A variable of weight a a a in block i i i has character a e i ae_i a e i , and W W W has character d e i = d e r de_i=de_r d e i = d e r . The resulting equivalence is thus T ≃ MF L ( W ) \mathcal{T}\simeq\operatorname{MF}^L(W) T ≃ MF L ( W ) . It takes the grading shift τ i \tau_i τ i to the shift by e i e_i e i . Consequently the shift by e i − e r e_i-e_r e i − e r corresponds to τ i τ r − 1 \tau_i\tau_r^{-1} τ i τ r − 1 . For any L L L -graded matrix factorization N N N , the grading shifts satisfy N ( h ) ( h ′ ) = N ( h + h ′ ) N(h)(h')=N(h+h') N ( h ) ( h ′ ) = N ( h + h ′ ) for h , h ′ ∈ H h,h'\in H h , h ′ ∈ H . These identities give the required coherent action on T \mathcal{T} T .
Write S S S for the polynomial ring in all the variables and use L = Z e r ⊕ H L=\mathbb{Z}e_r\oplus H L = Z e r ⊕ H . Starting with an ordinarily graded factorization M M M , place a copy of M n M_n M n in every degree over n n n , J ( M ) n e r + h = M n J(M)_{ne_r+h}=M_n J ( M ) n e r + h = M n for n ∈ Z n\in\mathbb{Z} n ∈ Z , h ∈ H h\in H h ∈ H . If s ∈ S s\in S s ∈ S has L L L -degree a e r + b ae_r+b a e r + b , multiplication by s s s sends the copy of M n M_n M n indexed by h h h to the copy of M n + a M_{n+a} M n + a indexed by h + b h+b h + b , using the original multiplication on M M M . Use the original factorization maps on these copies as well; their compositions are multiplication by W W W , of L L L -degree d e r de_r d e r . The identity maps between the copies give isomorphisms ρ h : J ( M ) ( h ) → J ( M ) \rho_h:J(M)(h)\to J(M) ρ h : J ( M ) ( h ) → J ( M ) satisfying the equivariance identities. Moreover, a free summand S ( n ) S(n) S ( n ) gives ⨁ h ∈ H S ( n e r + h ) \bigoplus_{h\in H}S(ne_r+h) ⨁ h ∈ H S ( n e r + h ) , so this construction has finite-rank free terms.
Conversely, let ( N , ρ ) (N,\rho) ( N , ρ ) be an L L L -graded factorization with isomorphisms ρ h : N ( h ) → N \rho_h:N(h)\to N ρ h : N ( h ) → N satisfying, before passage to homotopy, ρ 0 = id \rho_0=\operatorname{id} ρ 0 = id , ρ h + h ′ = ρ h ∘ ρ h ′ ( h ) \rho_{h+h'}=\rho_h\circ\rho_{h'}(h) ρ h + h ′ = ρ h ∘ ρ h ′ ( h ) . Set M n = N n e r M_n=N_{ne_r} M n = N n e r . For s ∈ S a e r + b s\in S_{ae_r+b} s ∈ S a e r + b , define multiplication on M M M by M n = N n e r → s N ( n + a ) e r + b → ρ b N ( n + a ) e r = M n + a M_n=N_{ne_r}\xrightarrow{s}N_{(n+a)e_r+b}\xrightarrow{\rho_b}N_{(n+a)e_r}=M_{n+a} M n = N n e r s N ( n + a ) e r + b ρ b N ( n + a ) e r = M n + a . The equivariance identities make this multiplication associative. The factorization maps restrict to M M M , since their degrees have zero H H H -component, and their compositions remain multiplication by W W W . These constructions are inverse: taking the components with H H H -index zero recovers M M M from J ( M ) J(M) J ( M ) , while the maps ρ h : N n e r + h → N n e r \rho_h:N_{ne_r+h}\to N_{ne_r} ρ h : N n e r + h → N n e r identify N N N with J ( M ) J(M) J ( M ) .
The same constructions apply to morphisms and commute with their differentials, so they identify the enhanced categories after perfect completion. By [15 Theorem 8.7] , this completion of the strict equivariant model computes the equivariant objects in the homotopy category. We obtain
D ≃ MF L ( W ) H ≃ T H . \mathcal{D}\simeq\operatorname{MF}^L(W)^H\simeq\mathcal{T}^H. D ≃ MF L ( W ) H ≃ T H .
Finally, increasing the integer grading by one increases the L L L -grading by e r e_r e r : explicitly, J ( M ( 1 ) ) = J ( M ) ( e r ) J(M(1))=J(M)(e_r) J ( M ( 1 )) = J ( M ) ( e r ) , with the same equivariant structure. This proves the assertion about τ r \tau_r τ r .
Lemma 4.3. Let a finite group H H H act coherently on an enhanced triangulated category T \mathcal{T} T , and preserve a stability condition σ = ( Z , P ) \sigma=(Z,\mathcal{P}) σ = ( Z , P ) supported on v : K 0 ( T ) → Λ v:K_0(\mathcal{T})\to\Lambda v : K 0 ( T ) → Λ . Suppose T H \mathcal{T}^H T H has its enhanced equivariant triangulated structure. With U : T H → T U:\mathcal{T}^H\to\mathcal{T} U : T H → T the forgetful functor, the formulas
Z H = Z ∘ U ∗ , P H ( ϕ ) = { E : U ( E ) ∈ P ( ϕ ) } Z^H=Z\circ U_*,\qquad\mathcal{P}^H(\phi)=\{E:U(E)\in\mathcal{P}(\phi)\} Z H = Z ∘ U ∗ , P H ( ϕ ) = { E : U ( E ) ∈ P ( ϕ )} define a stability condition supported on the finite-rank lattice Λ H = im ( v ∘ U ∗ ) ⊆ Λ \Lambda^H=\operatorname{im}(v\circ U_*)\subseteq\Lambda Λ H = im ( v ∘ U ∗ ) ⊆ Λ . Furthermore, if v v v is numerical, then so is v ∘ U ∗ v\circ U_* v ∘ U ∗ . Moreover, m σ H ( E ) = m σ ( U ( E ) ) m_{\sigma^H}(E)=m_\sigma(U(E)) m σ H ( E ) = m σ ( U ( E )) . If σ \sigma σ has a total mass–Hom bound, then so does σ H \sigma^H σ H .
Proof. The forgetful functor is exact, faithful, and conservative. The shift and orthogonality axioms follow from those in T \mathcal{T} T . The canonical HN truncations of U ( E ) U(E) U ( E ) inherit coherent equivariant structures, as explained in Section 2, giving the HN filtration in T H \mathcal{T}^H T H . A nonzero equivariant semistable object has a nonzero underlying object, hence a nonzero central charge.
Choose a norm on Λ R \Lambda_{\mathbb{R}} Λ R and a constant C C C satisfying the support inequality for σ \sigma σ . For an equivariant semistable object E E E , its underlying object U ( E ) U(E) U ( E ) is semistable, so
∥ v ( U ( E ) ) ∥ ≤ C ∣ Z ( U ( E ) ) ∣ = C ∣ Z H ( E ) ∣ . \|v(U(E))\|\le C|Z(U(E))|=C|Z^H(E)|. ∥ v ( U ( E )) ∥ ≤ C ∣ Z ( U ( E )) ∣ = C ∣ Z H ( E ) ∣.
Restricting the norm to Λ R H \Lambda^H_{\mathbb{R}} Λ R H proves the support property on the stated image lattice.
The HN construction also proves m σ H ( E ) = m σ ( U ( E ) ) m_{\sigma^H}(E)=m_{\sigma}(U(E)) m σ H ( E ) = m σ ( U ( E )) . Induction I ( A ) = ⨁ h ∈ H F h ( A ) I(A)=\bigoplus_{h\in H}F_h(A) I ( A ) = ⨁ h ∈ H F h ( A ) , with its canonical equivariant structure, is both left and right adjoint to U U U [15 Lemma 3.8] . Hence χ T ( U ∗ x , A ) = χ T H ( x , I ( A ) ) \chi_{\mathcal T}(U_*x,A)=\chi_{\mathcal T^H}(x,I(A)) χ T ( U ∗ x , A ) = χ T H ( x , I ( A )) . If x x x is numerically trivial, the right-hand side vanishes for every A ∈ T A\in\mathcal T A ∈ T . Thus U ∗ x U_*x U ∗ x is numerically trivial, and v ∘ U ∗ v\circ U_* v ∘ U ∗ factors through the numerical Grothendieck group of T H \mathcal T^H T H .
Finally, faithfulness of U U U in every degree gives, for any fixed A ∈ T H A\in\mathcal T^H A ∈ T H ,
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ] ) ≤ ∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( U ( A ) , U ( E ) [ n ] ) ≤ C U ( A ) m σ ( U ( E ) ) = C U ( A ) m σ H ( E ) . \sum_{n\in\mathbb Z}\dim_{\mathbb C}\operatorname{Hom}(A,E[n])\leq\sum_{n\in\mathbb Z}\dim_{\mathbb C}\operatorname{Hom}(U(A),U(E)[n])
\leq C_{U(A)}m_{\sigma}(U(E))=C_{U(A)}m_{\sigma^H}(E). n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( A , E [ n ]) ≤ n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( U ( A ) , U ( E ) [ n ]) ≤ C U ( A ) m σ ( U ( E )) = C U ( A ) m σ H ( E ) .
This proves the total mass–Hom bound. □
Corollary 4.4. With the notation of Proposition 4.2 , suppose the category T \mathcal T T carries a stability condition σ T = ( Z T , P T ) \sigma_{\mathcal T}=(Z_{\mathcal T},\mathcal P_{\mathcal T}) σ T = ( Z T , P T ) supported on a finite-rank numerical quotient v : K 0 ( T ) → Λ v:K_0(\mathcal T)\to\Lambda v : K 0 ( T ) → Λ . Assume that σ T \sigma_{\mathcal T} σ T is of Gepner type ( τ i , 2 / d ) (\tau_i,2/d) ( τ i , 2/ d ) for every internal grading shift τ i \tau_i τ i . Let U : D ≃ T H → T U:\mathcal D\simeq\mathcal T^H\to\mathcal T U : D ≃ T H → T be the forgetful functor. Then
Z D = Z T ∘ U ∗ , P D ( ϕ ) = { E : U ( E ) ∈ P T ( ϕ ) } Z_{\mathcal D}=Z_{\mathcal T}\circ U_*,\qquad\mathcal P_{\mathcal D}(\phi)=\{E:U(E)\in\mathcal P_{\mathcal T}(\phi)\} Z D = Z T ∘ U ∗ , P D ( ϕ ) = { E : U ( E ) ∈ P T ( ϕ )} define a numerical stability condition on D = MF Z ( W ) \mathcal D=\operatorname{MF}^{\mathbb Z}(W) D = MF Z ( W ) , supported on Λ D = im ( v ∘ U ∗ ) ⊆ Λ \Lambda_{\mathcal D}=\operatorname{im}(v\circ U_*)\subseteq\Lambda Λ D = im ( v ∘ U ∗ ) ⊆ Λ . This condition is of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) , where τ \tau τ is the ordinary internal grading shift. A total mass–Hom bound for σ T \sigma_{\mathcal T} σ T is preserved.
Proof. The shifts τ i \tau_i τ i have the same effect on the charge and phases, so these effects cancel in τ i τ r − 1 \tau_i\tau_r^{-1} τ i τ r − 1 . The generators of the H H H -action therefore preserve σ T \sigma_{\mathcal T} σ T . Lemma 4.3 gives the stated condition, including its support lattice, numericality, and the mass–Hom bound. By Proposition 4.2 , the ordinary grading shift is induced by τ r \tau_r τ r , so U τ ≃ τ r U U\tau\simeq\tau_rU U τ ≃ τ r U . The formulas for the induced charge and slicing therefore show that the induced condition is of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) . □
To apply Corollary 4.4 , we need a stability condition on the tensor product that is of Gepner type ( τ i , 2 / d ) (\tau_i,2/d) ( τ i , 2/ d ) for every factor. Theorem 3.7 lets us add one quiver tensor factor at a time while preserving these Gepner properties. Fix d ≥ 2 d\geq2 d ≥ 2 , and write Q d Q_d Q d for the derived category of the alternating quiver Q d Q_d Q d . Recall the weights
r j = sin ( j π / d ) sin ( π / d ) , q = − e π i / d , a j = { r j , j odd , q r j , j even . (39) r_j=\frac{\sin(j\pi/d)}{\sin(\pi/d)},\qquad q=-e^{\pi i/d},\qquad a_j=\begin{cases}r_j,&j\ \text{odd},\\qr_j,&j\ \text{even}.\end{cases} \tag*{(39)} r j = sin ( π / d ) sin ( j π / d ) , q = − e π i / d , a j = { r j , q r j , j odd , j even . (39)
Proposition 4.5. For every d ≥ 2 d\geq2 d ≥ 2 and M ≥ 1 M\geq1 M ≥ 1 , the category D d , M = Q d ⊗ M \mathcal D_{d,M}=\mathcal Q_d^{\otimes M} D d , M = Q d ⊗ M has a numerical stability condition Σ d , M = ( Z d , M , P d , M ) \Sigma_{d,M}=(Z_{d,M},\mathcal P_{d,M}) Σ d , M = ( Z d , M , P d , M ) supported on K n u m ( D d , M ) ≃ Z ( d − 1 ) M K_{\mathrm{num}}(\mathcal D_{d,M})\simeq\mathbb Z^{(d-1)M} K num ( D d , M ) ≃ Z ( d − 1 ) M . It also satisfies a total mass–Hom bound. Let τ i \tau_i τ i act by the inverse Serre functor followed by shift, S Q d − 1 [ 1 ] S_{\mathcal Q_d}^{-1}[1] S Q d − 1 [ 1 ] , in the i i i th factor. Then Σ d , M \Sigma_{d,M} Σ d , M is of Gepner type ( τ i , 2 / d ) (\tau_i,2/d) ( τ i , 2/ d ) for every i i i . The central charge is
Z d , M ( E ) = − ∑ α ∈ { 1 , … , d − 1 } M ( ∏ i = 1 M a α i ) n α ( E ) , (40) Z_{d,M}(E)=-\sum_{\alpha\in\{1,\ldots,d-1\}^M}\left(\prod_{i=1}^{M}a_{\alpha_i}\right)n_\alpha(E), \tag*{(40)} Z d , M ( E ) = − α ∈ { 1 , … , d − 1 } M ∑ ( i = 1 ∏ M a α i ) n α ( E ) , (40) where α \alpha α chooses one vertex in each factor and n α ( E ) = ∑ k ( − 1 ) k dim H k ( E α ) n_\alpha(E)=\sum_k(-1)^k\dim H^k(E_\alpha) n α ( E ) = ∑ k ( − 1 ) k dim H k ( E α ) is the Euler characteristic of the complex at that vertex. For d = 2 d=2 d = 2 , we have Q 2 = Perf ( C ) \mathcal Q_2=\operatorname{Perf}(\mathbb C) Q 2 = Perf ( C ) and a 1 = 1 a_1=1 a 1 = 1 .
Proof. For d = 2 d=2 d = 2 , the tensor category is Perf ( C ) \operatorname{Perf}(\mathbb C) Perf ( C ) and each τ i \tau_i τ i is [ 1 ] [1] [ 1 ] . Use the standard stability condition, with charge − dim -\dim − dim on vector spaces and phase 1. Its generator satisfies
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( C , E [ n ] ) = ∑ n ∈ Z dim C H n ( E ) = m ( E ) , \sum_{n\in\mathbb Z}\dim_{\mathbb C}\operatorname{Hom}(\mathbb C,E[n])=\sum_{n\in\mathbb Z}\dim_{\mathbb C}H^n(E)=m(E), n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( C , E [ n ]) = n ∈ Z ∑ dim C H n ( E ) = m ( E ) ,
giving the mass–Hom bound.
We now assume d ≥ 3 d\geq3 d ≥ 3 . Begin with this same condition on Perf ( C ) \operatorname{Perf}(\mathbb C) Perf ( C ) and apply Theorem 3.7 M M M times. At each step, the coefficient category is the tensor product with fewer factors, and the new factor is the doubled quiver category Q ^ d \widehat{\mathcal Q}_d Q d . These categories are smooth and proper, as required by the theorem. We obtain a stability condition on Q ^ d ⊗ M \widehat{\mathcal Q}_d^{\otimes M} Q d ⊗ M satisfying the support property and a total mass–Hom bound, since the coefficient theorem preserves both properties at each step. At each step, the new condition is of Gepner type ( R i , 1 / d ) (R_i,1/d) ( R i , 1/ d ) for the reflection functor of the new factor. Compatibility with coefficient autoequivalences preserves the Gepner properties for the reflection functors of all previous factors.
We next choose the orientation Q d Q_d Q d in each factor. Since Q ^ d \widehat{Q}_d Q d is the direct sum of the categories for Q d Q_d Q d and Q d o p Q_d^{\mathrm{op}} Q d op , its M M M th tensor power has 2 M 2^M 2 M orthogonal components. Projection to a component computes direct summands, so it preserves the aisle and coaisle of every phase-cut t-structure. The HN filtrations therefore restrict to each component. The support estimate restricts to its vertex lattice. The mass–Hom bound restricts as well: project a split generator to the chosen orthogonal component. It still generates that component, and all morphisms from the other components vanish. In the component D d , M \mathcal{D}_{d,M} D d , M where all orientations are Q d Q_d Q d , the square R i 2 R_i^2 R i 2 preserves the component and equals S Q d − 1 [ 1 ] S_{Q_d}^{-1}[1] S Q d − 1 [ 1 ] on its i i i th factor by Lemma 3.6. Since τ i = R i 2 \tau_i=R_i^2 τ i = R i 2 , the restricted condition is of Gepner type ( τ i , 2 / d ) (\tau_i,2/d) ( τ i , 2/ d ) for every i i i .
It remains to identify the charge and the lattice. Adding a factor multiplies the coefficient at its j j j th vertex by a j a_j a j . Starting with the charge − dim -\dim − dim therefore gives the product of weights in (39), with a single initial minus sign. The vertex classes identify K 0 ( D d , M ) K_0(\mathcal{D}_{d,M}) K 0 ( D d , M ) with Z ( d − 1 ) M \mathbb{Z}^{(d-1)M} Z ( d − 1 ) M . In the basis of simple vertex objects, the Euler matrix is the tensor product of the Euler matrices of Q d Q_d Q d . Order the vertices so that every arrow points forward. Each matrix is triangular with diagonal entries 1 1 1 , so the tensor product is nondegenerate. Thus the Euler pairing has zero radical and this vertex lattice is the full numerical Grothendieck group. □
Proof of Theorem 4.1. By Proposition 3.3, the enhanced equivalence MF g r ( x i d ) ≃ Q d \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(x_i^d)\simeq\mathcal{Q}_d MF gr ( x i d ) ≃ Q d identifies the internal grading shift with S Q d − 1 [ 1 ] S_{Q_d}^{-1}[1] S Q d − 1 [ 1 ] . Proposition 4.5 gives a numerical stability condition on the tensor product that satisfies a total mass–Hom bound and is of Gepner type ( τ i , 2 / d ) (\tau_i,2/d) ( τ i , 2/ d ) for every i i i . Corollary 4.4, applied to f i = x i d f_i=x_i^d f i = x i d , transfers both properties to MF g r ( F d , M ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(F_{d,M}) MF gr ( F d , M ) . Its numerical Grothendieck group is finite rank by the one-variable model when M = 1 M=1 M = 1 , and by Orlov’s semiorthogonal decompositions when M ≥ 2 M\geq2 M ≥ 2 . Lemma 2.1 therefore gives support on the full numerical lattice. □
Restriction to weighted hyperplanes
We now pass from Fermat hypersurfaces to their smooth linear sections. Derived restriction and extension of scalars give adjoint functors between the corresponding singularity categories.
Lemma 5.1. Let C C C and D D D be smooth proper dg categories, taken to be pretriangulated and idempotent complete, and let
F : C ⟶ D , R : D ⟶ C F:C\longrightarrow D,\qquad R:D\longrightarrow C F : C ⟶ D , R : D ⟶ C be exact dg functors with F ⊣ R F\dashv R F ⊣ R . Suppose that the image of F F F split-generates D D D . Let σ = ( Z , P ) \sigma=(Z,\mathcal{P}) σ = ( Z , P ) be a stability condition on C C C , satisfying the support property relative to the class map v : K 0 ( C ) ⟶ Λ v:K_0(C)\longrightarrow\Lambda v : K 0 ( C ) ⟶ Λ , where Λ \Lambda Λ is a finite-rank free abelian group. Assume
( R ∘ F ) ( P ( ϕ ) ) ⊆ P [ ϕ , ∞ ) (41) (R\circ F)(\mathcal{P}(\phi))\subseteq\mathcal{P}[\phi,\infty) \tag*{(41)} ( R ∘ F ) ( P ( ϕ )) ⊆ P [ ϕ , ∞ ) (41) for every ϕ ∈ R \phi\in\mathbb{R} ϕ ∈ R . Then we have a Bridgeland stability condition on D D D defined by
P D ( ϕ ) = { E ∈ D : R ( E ) ∈ P ( ϕ ) } , (42) \mathcal{P}_D(\phi)=\{E\in D:R(E)\in\mathcal{P}(\phi)\}, \tag*{(42)} P D ( ϕ ) = { E ∈ D : R ( E ) ∈ P ( ϕ )} , (42) Z D ( E ) = Z ( R ( E ) ) . (43) Z_D(E)=Z(R(E)). \tag*{(43)} Z D ( E ) = Z ( R ( E )) . (43) It satisfies the support property relative to the class map
v D = v ∘ R ∗ : K 0 ( D ) ⟶ Λ D : = im ( v ∘ R ∗ ) ⊆ Λ . v_D=v\circ R_*:K_0(D)\longrightarrow\Lambda_D:=\operatorname{im}(v\circ R_*)\subseteq\Lambda. v D = v ∘ R ∗ : K 0 ( D ) ⟶ Λ D := im ( v ∘ R ∗ ) ⊆ Λ. Moreover, R R R preserves Harder–Narasimhan filtrations and phase intervals: for every interval I ⊆ R I\subseteq\mathbb{R} I ⊆ R , E ∈ P D ( I ) E\in\mathcal{P}_D(I) E ∈ P D ( I ) if and only if R ( E ) ∈ P ( I ) R(E)\in\mathcal{P}(I) R ( E ) ∈ P ( I ) . Writing σ D = ( Z D , P D ) \sigma_D=(Z_D,\mathcal{P}_D) σ D = ( Z D , P D ) , we have m σ D ( E ) = m σ ( R ( E ) ) m_{\sigma_D}(E)=m_\sigma(R(E)) m σ D ( E ) = m σ ( R ( E )) . If σ \sigma σ has a total mass–Hom bound, then so does σ D \sigma_D σ D .
Proof. We adapt Polishchuk’s induction argument [36 Theorem 2.1.2] ; compare [29 Theorem A.17 and Corollary A.23] . First extend the adjunction to
F : Ind ( C ) ⟶ Ind ( D ) , R : Ind ( D ) ⟶ Ind ( C ) . F:\operatorname{Ind}(C)\longrightarrow\operatorname{Ind}(D),\qquad R:\operatorname{Ind}(D)\longrightarrow\operatorname{Ind}(C). F : Ind ( C ) ⟶ Ind ( D ) , R : Ind ( D ) ⟶ Ind ( C ) .
Here Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) and Ind ( D ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{D}) Ind ( D ) are the derived categories of right dg modules over C \mathcal{C} C and D \mathcal{D} D , as in § 2.2 . The extended right adjoint is particularly concrete: it restricts a dg module along F F F :
( R M ) ( A ) = M ( F ( A ) ) . (RM)(A)=M(F(A)). ( R M ) ( A ) = M ( F ( A )) .
Restriction preserves quasi-isomorphisms and arbitrary coproducts because both are computed at each object. Its left adjoint is derived extension of scalars, which sends the representable module h A h_A h A to h F ( A ) h_{F(A)} h F ( A ) and hence extends the original F F F [25 Section 3.8] . For B ∈ D B \in\mathcal{D} B ∈ D , the original adjunction gives
( R h B ) ( A ) = Hom D ∙ ( F ( A ) , B ) ≃ Hom C ∙ ( A , R ( B ) ) . (Rh_B)(A)=\operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}_{\mathcal{D}}(F(A),B)\simeq\operatorname{Hom}^{\bullet}_{\mathcal{C}}(A,R(B)). ( R h B ) ( A ) = Hom D ∙ ( F ( A ) , B ) ≃ Hom C ∙ ( A , R ( B )) .
Thus the restricted module R h B Rh_B R h B represents the original object R ( B ) R(B) R ( B ) . This justifies using the same letters for the two adjunctions. The extended R R R is conservative: if R ( E ) = 0 R(E)=0 R ( E ) = 0 , then
Hom ( F ( A ) , E [ k ] ) = Hom ( A , R ( E ) [ k ] ) = 0 ( A ∈ C , k ∈ Z ) . \operatorname{Hom}(F(A),E[k])=\operatorname{Hom}(A,R(E)[k])=0 \qquad(A\in\mathcal{C},\ k\in\mathbb{Z}). Hom ( F ( A ) , E [ k ]) = Hom ( A , R ( E ) [ k ]) = 0 ( A ∈ C , k ∈ Z ) .
Since F ( C ) F(\mathcal{C}) F ( C ) split-generates D \mathcal{D} D , the same vanishing holds with any object of D \mathcal{D} D in place of F ( A ) F(A) F ( A ) . All values of the dg module E E E are therefore acyclic, so E = 0 E=0 E = 0 . We also claim that E E E is compact whenever R ( E ) R(E) R ( E ) is compact. Indeed, for every A ∈ C A\in\mathcal{C} A ∈ C , adjunction gives
⨁ k Hom ( F ( A ) , E [ k ] ) ≃ ⨁ k Hom ( A , R ( E ) [ k ] ) . \bigoplus_k\operatorname{Hom}(F(A),E[k])\simeq\bigoplus_k\operatorname{Hom}(A,R(E)[k]). k ⨁ Hom ( F ( A ) , E [ k ]) ≃ k ⨁ Hom ( A , R ( E ) [ k ]) .
The right-hand side is finite dimensional by properness of C \mathcal{C} C . This finiteness is preserved under shifts, cones, finite sums, and direct summands in the first argument. It therefore holds for every object of D \mathcal{D} D in place of F ( A ) F(A) F ( A ) . We use the following criterion: a dg module over a smooth proper category is perfect if and only if its value at every object has finite-dimensional total cohomology [44 Lemma 2.8(3)] . This criterion makes E E E perfect, hence compact.
Fix a ∈ R a\in\mathbb{R} a ∈ R . Cutting the slicing at phase a a a gives a bounded t-structure on C \mathcal{C} C , with aisle P ( ( a , ∞ ) ) \mathcal{P}((a,\infty)) P (( a , ∞ )) and right orthogonal P ( ( − ∞ , a ] ) \mathcal{P}((-\infty,a]) P (( − ∞ , a ]) . We use the following existence theorem: in a triangulated category with coproducts, the smallest full subcategory containing a set of compact objects and closed under coproducts, extensions, and translation [1 ] is an aisle [1 Theorem A.1] . Choose representatives of the isomorphism classes in P ( ( a , ∞ ) ) \mathcal{P}((a,\infty)) P (( a , ∞ )) . They are compact in Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) , and their images under F F F are compact in Ind ( D ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{D}) Ind ( D ) . The theorem therefore gives two aisles:
U a ⊂ Ind ( C ) , generated by P ( ( a , ∞ ) ) , \mathcal{U}_a\subset\operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}),\qquad\text{generated by }\mathcal{P}((a,\infty)), U a ⊂ Ind ( C ) , generated by P (( a , ∞ )) ,
V a ⊂ Ind ( D ) , generated by F ( P ( ( a , ∞ ) ) ) . \mathcal{V}_a\subset\operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{D}),\qquad\text{generated by }F\bigl(\mathcal{P}((a,\infty))\bigr). V a ⊂ Ind ( D ) , generated by F ( P (( a , ∞ )) ) .
In both cases, “generated” means closure under the three operations just listed. The t-structure with aisle U a \mathcal{U}_a U a extends the original phase cut on C \mathcal{C} C . Indeed, its original truncation triangles still have first terms in U a \mathcal{U}_a U a and last terms in U a ⊥ \mathcal{U}_a^\perp U a ⊥ : orthogonality to the generators persists under coproducts, extensions, and positive shifts in the first argument. Thus these triangles remain truncation triangles in Ind ( C ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{C}) Ind ( C ) ; compare [36 Lemma 2.1.1] .
Adjunction identifies the other right orthogonal explicitly:
V a ⊥ = { E : Hom ( F ( A ) , E ) = 0 for all A ∈ P ( ( a , ∞ ) ) } = R − 1 ( U a ⊥ ) . \mathcal{V}_a^\perp=\{E:\operatorname{Hom}(F(A),E)=0\text{ for all }A\in\mathcal{P}((a,\infty))\}=R^{-1}(\mathcal{U}_a^\perp). V a ⊥ = { E : Hom ( F ( A ) , E ) = 0 for all A ∈ P (( a , ∞ ))} = R − 1 ( U a ⊥ ) .
Every object of P ( ( a , ∞ ) ) \mathcal{P}((a,\infty)) P (( a , ∞ )) is a finite extension of semistable objects of phases greater than a a a . Hence (41) gives R F ( P ( ( a , ∞ ) ) ) ⊂ P ( ( a , ∞ ) ) RF(\mathcal{P}((a,\infty)))\subset\mathcal{P}((a,\infty)) R F ( P (( a , ∞ ))) ⊂ P (( a , ∞ )) . Since R R R preserves coproducts, extensions, and shifts, it follows that R ( V a ) ⊂ U a R(\mathcal{V}_a)\subset\mathcal{U}_a R ( V a ) ⊂ U a . Applying R R R to a truncation triangle for V a \mathcal{V}_a V a therefore gives a triangle whose first term lies in U a \mathcal{U}_a U a and whose last term lies in U a ⊥ \mathcal{U}_a^\perp U a ⊥ . By uniqueness, this is the truncation triangle of the image under R R R . Thus R R R commutes with these truncations and is t-exact.
For E ∈ D E\in\mathcal{D} E ∈ D , the object R ( E ) R(E) R ( E ) belongs to C \mathcal{C} C , and its truncations for U a \mathcal{U}_a U a also belong to C \mathcal{C} C . By t-exactness, these are the images under R R R of the truncations of E E E for V a \mathcal{V}_a V a . As proved above, compactness of R ( M ) R(M) R ( M ) implies compactness of M M M . Smoothness and properness ensure that the truncations we construct in Ind ( D ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{D}) Ind ( D ) belong to D \mathcal{D} D . Thus both truncations of E E E belong to D \mathcal{D} D . The t-structure consequently restricts from Ind ( D ) \operatorname{Ind}(\mathcal{D}) Ind ( D ) to D \mathcal{D} D . Its aisle and right orthogonal are
V a ∩ D = { E ∈ D : R ( E ) ∈ P ( ( a , ∞ ) ) } , \mathcal{V}_a\cap\mathcal{D}=\{E\in\mathcal{D}:R(E)\in\mathcal{P}((a,\infty))\}, V a ∩ D = { E ∈ D : R ( E ) ∈ P (( a , ∞ ))} ,
V a ⊥ ∩ D = { E ∈ D : R ( E ) ∈ P ( ( − ∞ , a ] ) } . \mathcal{V}_a^\perp\cap\mathcal{D}=\{E\in\mathcal{D}:R(E)\in\mathcal{P}((-\infty,a])\}. V a ⊥ ∩ D = { E ∈ D : R ( E ) ∈ P (( − ∞ , a ])} .
For the first equality, if R ( E ) R(E) R ( E ) belongs to the indicated aisle, the last term of the truncation triangle of E E E has zero image under R R R and hence vanishes. The second equality follows from adjunction above. These formulas also prove boundedness, because the phase-cut t-structure on C \mathcal{C} C is bounded. The same construction works with the aisle P ( [ a , ∞ ) ) \mathcal{P}([a,\infty)) P ([ a , ∞ )) and right orthogonal P ( ( − ∞ , a ) ) \mathcal{P}((-\infty,a)) P (( − ∞ , a )) . We can therefore cut the phases on D \mathcal{D} D either above or at a a a . These cuts are compatible, since their aisles and right orthogonals are inverse images under R R R . The shift rule in (42) follows because R R R commutes with shifts. To prove orthogonality, let E ∈ P D ( ϕ ) E \in\mathcal{P}_{\mathcal{D}}(\phi) E ∈ P D ( ϕ ) and E ′ ∈ P D ( ψ ) E' \in\mathcal{P}_{\mathcal{D}}(\psi) E ′ ∈ P D ( ψ ) with ϕ > ψ \phi> \psi ϕ > ψ . Choose a a a with ϕ > a ≥ ψ \phi> a \geq\psi ϕ > a ≥ ψ . Then E E E belongs to the induced aisle for this cut and E ′ E' E ′ to its right orthogonal, so Hom ( E , E ′ ) = 0 \operatorname{Hom}(E,E')=0 Hom ( E , E ′ ) = 0 .
For 0 ≠ E ∈ D 0 \neq E \in\mathcal{D} 0 = E ∈ D , let ϕ 1 > ⋯ > ϕ s \phi_1 > \cdots> \phi_s ϕ 1 > ⋯ > ϕ s be the HN phases of R ( E ) R(E) R ( E ) . Truncate E E E at [ ϕ 1 , ∞ ) [\phi_1,\infty) [ ϕ 1 , ∞ ) . Because R R R commutes with this truncation, the first term maps to the first HN factor of R ( E ) R(E) R ( E ) and hence belongs to P D ( ϕ 1 ) \mathcal{P}_{\mathcal{D}}(\phi_1) P D ( ϕ 1 ) . Apply the next cut, [ ϕ 2 , ∞ ) [\phi_2,\infty) [ ϕ 2 , ∞ ) , to the remaining object, and continue. At step j j j , the removed term lies in P D ( ϕ j ) \mathcal{P}_{\mathcal{D}}(\phi_j) P D ( ϕ j ) and maps to the corresponding HN factor of R ( E ) R(E) R ( E ) . After s s s steps, the remainder has zero image under R R R and therefore vanishes. These triangles give the HN filtration of E E E . In particular, E E E and R ( E ) R(E) R ( E ) have exactly the same HN phases, which proves the assertion about phase intervals.
If 0 ≠ E ∈ P D ( ϕ ) 0 \neq E \in\mathcal{P}_{\mathcal{D}}(\phi) 0 = E ∈ P D ( ϕ ) , then R ( E ) R(E) R ( E ) is nonzero and semistable of phase ϕ \phi ϕ . Thus Z D ( E ) = Z ( R ( E ) ) ∈ R > 0 e i π ϕ Z_{\mathcal{D}}(E)=Z(R(E)) \in\mathbb{R}_{>0}e^{i\pi\phi} Z D ( E ) = Z ( R ( E )) ∈ R > 0 e iπ ϕ . Choose a norm and support constant C C C for the original stability condition. Then
∥ v D ( E ) ∥ = ∥ v ( R ( E ) ) ∥ ≤ C ∣ Z ( R ( E ) ) ∣ = C ∣ Z D ( E ) ∣ , \lVert v_{\mathcal{D}}(E)\rVert=\lVert v(R(E))\rVert\leq C\lvert Z(R(E))\rvert=C\lvert Z_{\mathcal{D}}(E)\rvert, ∥ v D ( E )∥ = ∥ v ( R ( E ))∥ ≤ C ∣ Z ( R ( E ))∣ = C ∣ Z D ( E )∣ ,
proving the support inequality on the finite-rank image lattice Λ D \Lambda_{\mathcal{D}} Λ D .
Preservation of HN filtrations and equality of charges give m σ D ( E ) = m σ ( R ( E ) ) m_{\sigma_{\mathcal{D}}}(E)=m_{\sigma}(R(E)) m σ D ( E ) = m σ ( R ( E )) . Let G G G split-generate C \mathcal{C} C and satisfy
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( G , A [ n ] ) ≤ C G m σ ( A ) for every A ∈ C . \sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(G,A[n])\leq C_Gm_{\sigma}(A)\qquad\text{for every }A\in\mathcal{C}. n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( G , A [ n ]) ≤ C G m σ ( A ) for every A ∈ C .
Since F ( C ) F(\mathcal{C}) F ( C ) split-generates D \mathcal{D} D , the object F ( G ) F(G) F ( G ) is a split generator. Adjunction gives
∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( F ( G ) , E [ n ] ) = ∑ n ∈ Z dim C Hom ( G , R ( E ) [ n ] ) ≤ C G m σ ( R ( E ) ) = C G m σ D ( E ) , \begin{aligned}
\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(F(G),E[n])
&=\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\dim_{\mathbb{C}}\operatorname{Hom}(G,R(E)[n])\\
&\leq C_Gm_{\sigma}(R(E))=C_Gm_{\sigma_{\mathcal{D}}}(E),
\end{aligned} n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( F ( G ) , E [ n ]) = n ∈ Z ∑ dim C Hom ( G , R ( E ) [ n ]) ≤ C G m σ ( R ( E )) = C G m σ D ( E ) ,
and Lemma 2.1 gives the total mass–Hom bound. □
Let S = C [ x 1 , … , x N ] S=\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots,x_N] S = C [ x 1 , … , x N ] with variables having positive weights, and let W ∈ S W\in S W ∈ S be a weighted homogeneous polynomial of degree d d d , with an isolated critical point at the origin. Choose a coordinate z z z of weight a a a and put
A = S / ( W ) , B = A / ( z ) , w = W ∣ z = 0 . A=S/(W),\qquad B=A/(z),\qquad w=W|_{z=0}. A = S / ( W ) , B = A / ( z ) , w = W ∣ z = 0 .
Assume that w w w is nonzero and still has an isolated critical point at the origin. The condition w ≠ 0 w\neq0 w = 0 means that z z z does not divide W W W , so multiplication by z z z is injective on A A A :
0 ⟶ A ( − a ) → z A ⟶ B ⟶ 0. (44) 0\longrightarrow A(-a)\xrightarrow{z}A\longrightarrow B\longrightarrow0. \tag*{(44)} 0 ⟶ A ( − a ) z A ⟶ B ⟶ 0. (44)
Since the origin is a critical point of W W W , all its first partial derivatives vanish there. Thus W ∈ ( x 1 , … , x N ) 2 W\in(x_1,\ldots,x_N)^2 W ∈ ( x 1 , … , x N ) 2 , and its restriction w w w also has no linear terms in the remaining variables. The coordinates therefore give bases of the respective homogeneous maximal ideals modulo their squares. We will use this minimality in the residue-field calculation below. Set
C = D s g g r ( A ) ≃ MF g r ( W ) , D = D s g g r ( B ) ≃ MF g r ( w ) . \mathcal{C}=D_{\mathrm{sg}}^{\mathrm{gr}}(A)\simeq\operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W),\qquad\mathcal{D}=D_{\mathrm{sg}}^{\mathrm{gr}}(B)\simeq\operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(w). C = D sg gr ( A ) ≃ MF gr ( W ) , D = D sg gr ( B ) ≃ MF gr ( w ) .
The weighted form of Orlov’s theorem shows that these categories are smooth and proper: they are either admissible components of the derived categories of smooth proper hypersurface Deligne–Mumford stacks or are obtained from those derived categories by adjoining finitely many exceptional objects. See [34 Theorem 2.5 and Remark 3.12] and [2 Theorem 6.13] . Denote internal grading shift by τ \tau τ ; in either category τ d ≃ [ 2 ] \tau^d\simeq[2] τ d ≃ [ 2 ] .
Derived extension of scalars F = B ⊗ A L − F=B\otimes_A^{\mathbf{L}}- F = B ⊗ A L − is left adjoint to restriction of scalars R : D → C R:\mathcal{D}\to\mathcal{C} R : D → C . To see that these functors preserve the bounded derived categories and descend to the singularity categories, use the exact sequence (44) . This finite free resolution of B B B over A A A shows that F F F preserves boundedness and that R R R sends perfect B B B -complexes to perfect A A A -complexes. Restriction also preserves bounded complexes of finitely generated modules, since B B B is finite over A A A . Finally, F F F sends graded free A A A -modules to graded free B B B -modules and hence preserves perfect complexes. The adjunction therefore descends to
F : C ⟶ D , R : D ⟶ C , F ⊣ R F : C \longrightarrow D,\qquad R : D \longrightarrow C,\qquad F \dashv R F : C ⟶ D , R : D ⟶ C , F ⊣ R
by [34 Lemma 1.1] , and extends to their idempotent completions. Both functors commute with internal grading shifts.
Lemma 5.2. Let k A k_A k A and k B k_B k B be the residue fields, placed in internal degree zero. Then
F ( k A ) ≃ k B ⊕ k B ( − a ) [ 1 ] in D g r b ( B ) . F(k_A) \simeq k_B \oplus k_B(-a)[1]\qquad\text{in }D_{\mathrm{gr}}^b(B). F ( k A ) ≃ k B ⊕ k B ( − a ) [ 1 ] in D gr b ( B ) . Here D g r b ( B ) D_{\mathrm{gr}}^b(B) D gr b ( B ) is the bounded derived category of finitely generated graded B B B -modules, with module maps preserving the internal degree. Thus the splitting holds before taking the quotient by perfect complexes. Moreover, F ( C ) F(C) F ( C ) split-generates D D D .
Proof. Resolution (43) computes the cohomology of F ( k A ) F(k_A) F ( k A ) : it is k B k_B k B in degree zero and k B ( − a ) k_B(-a) k B ( − a ) in degree − 1 -1 − 1 . The obstruction to splitting these cohomology objects is the connecting morphism in
k B ( − a ) [ 1 ] ⟶ F ( k A ) ⟶ k B → e k B ( − a ) [ 2 ] . (45) k_B(-a)[1]\longrightarrow F(k_A)\longrightarrow k_B \xrightarrow{e} k_B(-a)[2]. \tag*{(45)} k B ( − a ) [ 1 ] ⟶ F ( k A ) ⟶ k B e k B ( − a ) [ 2 ] . (45)
We show that e e e vanishes by applying Hom ( − , k B ( − a ) [ 1 ] ) \operatorname{Hom}(-,k_B(-a)[1]) Hom ( − , k B ( − a ) [ 1 ]) and using adjunction. The resulting exact sequence contains
0 ⟶ Ext g r , B 1 ( k B , k B ( − a ) ) ⟶ Ext g r , A 1 ( k A , k A ( − a ) ) ⟶ C → e Ext g r , B 2 ( k B , k B ( − a ) ) . (46) 0\longrightarrow\operatorname{Ext}^{1}_{\mathrm{gr},B}(k_B,k_B(-a))\longrightarrow\operatorname{Ext}^{1}_{\mathrm{gr},A}(k_A,k_A(-a))\longrightarrow\mathbb{C}\xrightarrow{e}\operatorname{Ext}^{2}_{\mathrm{gr},B}(k_B,k_B(-a)). \tag*{(46)} 0 ⟶ Ext gr , B 1 ( k B , k B ( − a )) ⟶ Ext gr , A 1 ( k A , k A ( − a )) ⟶ C e Ext gr , B 2 ( k B , k B ( − a )) . (46)
The last map sends 1 1 1 to e e e , up to sign. For either ring, the degree-1 Ext group is dual to the weight-a a a part of the homogeneous maximal ideal modulo its square. Its dimension therefore counts minimal generators of weight a a a . The hypotheses on W W W and w w w ensure that the coordinates give these generators. Passing from A A A to B B B removes precisely the generator z z z of weight a a a . Thus the middle Ext1 ^1 1 group has dimension one larger than the first. Exactness forces the map to C \mathbb{C} C to be surjective, and therefore e = 0 e=0 e = 0 . This proves the splitting.
The graded residue fields k B ( j ) k_B(j) k B ( j ) split-generate D D D . For dim B > 0 \dim B>0 dim B > 0 , the isolated-singularity assumption implies that B B B is reduced, and generation follows from [2 Corollary 4.14] , applied to the grading action of G m \mathbb{G}_m G m on Spec B \operatorname{Spec} B Spec B . In dimension zero, it follows from finite-length filtrations.1 Since ( d ) = [ 2 ] (d)=[2] ( d ) = [ 2 ] , the finitely many objects k B ( j ) k_B(j) k B ( j ) with 0 ≤ j < d 0\leq j<d 0 ≤ j < d suffice. Each is a direct summand of F ( k A ( j ) ) F(k_A(j)) F ( k A ( j )) by the splitting above. Hence the image of F F F split-generates D D D .
Proposition 5.3. Suppose a stability condition ( Z , P ) (Z,\mathcal{P}) ( Z , P ) on C C C , supported on v : K 0 ( C ) → Λ v:K_0(C)\to\Lambda v : K 0 ( C ) → Λ , satisfies
τ − a [ 1 ] P ( ϕ ) ⊆ P ( [ ϕ , ∞ ) ) ( ϕ ∈ R ) . (47) \tau^{-a}[1]\mathcal{P}(\phi)\subseteq\mathcal{P}([\phi,\infty))\qquad(\phi\in\mathbb{R}). \tag*{(47)} τ − a [ 1 ] P ( ϕ ) ⊆ P ([ ϕ , ∞ )) ( ϕ ∈ R ) . (47) Then restriction of scalars induces a stability condition on D D D given by (41)–(42). Its support lattice is the image im ( v ∘ R ∗ ) ⊂ Λ \operatorname{im}(v\circ R_*)\subset\Lambda im ( v ∘ R ∗ ) ⊂ Λ . A total mass–Hom bound is preserved. If the stability condition ( Z , P ) (Z,\mathcal{P}) ( Z , P ) is of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) and a ≤ d / 2 a\leq d/2 a ≤ d /2 , the induced stability condition is again of the same Gepner type.
Proof. Tensoring (43) with an object gives the functorial triangle
τ − a E ⟶ E ⟶ R F ( E ) ⟶ τ − a E [ 1 ] . (48) \tau^{-a}E \longrightarrow E \longrightarrow RF(E)\longrightarrow\tau^{-a}E[1]. \tag*{(48)} τ − a E ⟶ E ⟶ R F ( E ) ⟶ τ − a E [ 1 ] . (48)
Rotating this triangle expresses R F ( E ) RF(E) R F ( E ) as an extension of τ − a E [ 1 ] \tau^{-a}E[1] τ − a E [ 1 ] by E E E . For E ∈ P ( ϕ ) E\in\mathcal{P}(\phi) E ∈ P ( ϕ ) , both terms belong to P ( [ ϕ , ∞ ) ) \mathcal{P}([\phi,\infty)) P ([ ϕ , ∞ )) by (46). Lemma 5.2 shows that F ( C ) F(C) F ( C ) split-generates D D D , so Lemma 5.1 applies. If ( Z , P ) (Z,\mathcal{P}) ( Z , P ) is of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) , then τ − a E [ 1 ] \tau^{-a}E[1] τ − a E [ 1 ] has phase ϕ + 1 − 2 a / d \phi+1-2a/d ϕ + 1 − 2 a / d , which is at least ϕ \phi ϕ when a ≤ d / 2 a\leq d/2 a ≤ d /2 . Equality is allowed: if a = d / 2 a=d/2 a = d /2 , the two terms lie in the same extension-closed slice P ( ϕ ) \mathcal{P}(\phi) P ( ϕ ) . Since R R R commutes with τ \tau τ , the formulas for the induced charge and slicing show that the induced condition is also of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) .
The containment (46) also holds for the induced slicing P D \mathcal{P}_D P D , even without the Gepner assumption. Indeed, if E ∈ P D ( ϕ ) E \in\mathcal{P}_D(\phi) E ∈ P D ( ϕ ) , then R ( E ) ∈ P ( ϕ ) R(E) \in\mathcal{P}(\phi) R ( E ) ∈ P ( ϕ ) , and hence
R ( τ − a E [ 1 ] ) ≅ τ − a R ( E ) [ 1 ] ∈ P ( [ ϕ , ∞ ) ) . R(\tau^{-a}E[1]) \cong\tau^{-a}R(E)[1] \in\mathcal{P}([\phi,\infty)). R ( τ − a E [ 1 ]) ≅ τ − a R ( E ) [ 1 ] ∈ P ([ ϕ , ∞ )) .
The characterization of phase intervals in Lemma 5.1 now gives τ − a E [ 1 ] ∈ P D ( [ ϕ , ∞ ) ) \tau^{-a}E[1] \in\mathcal{P}_D([\phi,\infty)) τ − a E [ 1 ] ∈ P D ([ ϕ , ∞ )) .
Lemma 5.4. Let f ∈ Sym d ( V ∗ ) f \in\operatorname{Sym}^{d}(V^*) f ∈ Sym d ( V ∗ ) , d ≥ 2 d \geq2 d ≥ 2 , define a smooth hypersurface X ⊂ P ( V ) X \subset\mathbb{P}(V) X ⊂ P ( V ) . For all sufficiently large M M M , there is a linear embedding P ( V ) ↪ P M − 1 \mathbb{P}(V) \hookrightarrow\mathbb{P}^{M-1} P ( V ) ↪ P M − 1 identifying X X X with a linear section of the Fermat hypersurface
Y M = { y 1 d + ⋯ + y M d = 0 } ⊂ P M − 1 . Y_M=\left\{y_1^d+\cdots+y_M^d=0\right\}\subset\mathbb{P}^{M-1}. Y M = { y 1 d + ⋯ + y M d = 0 } ⊂ P M − 1 . Moreover, there is a flag of projective subspaces from the embedded P ( V ) \mathbb{P}(V) P ( V ) down to P M − 1 \mathbb{P}^{M-1} P M − 1 , with each inclusion of codimension one, such that every section of Y M Y_M Y M along the subspace in the flag is smooth.
Proof. A Waring decomposition realizes a hypersurface as a linear section of a Fermat hypersurface; see [12 § 1] . We recall the construction and choose smooth intermediate sections. Writing N = dim V N=\dim V N = dim V , we seek a flag X = Y M ∩ L N ⊂ Y M ∩ L N + 1 ⊂ ⋯ ⊂ Y M ∩ L M = Y M X=Y_M\cap L_N\subset Y_M\cap L_{N+1}\subset\cdots\subset Y_M\cap L_M=Y_M X = Y M ∩ L N ⊂ Y M ∩ L N + 1 ⊂ ⋯ ⊂ Y M ∩ L M = Y M , L k ≅ P k − 1 L_k\cong\mathbb{P}^{k-1} L k ≅ P k − 1 , where each L k L_k L k is a hyperplane in L k + 1 L_{k+1} L k + 1 and every intersection Y M ∩ L k Y_M\cap L_k Y M ∩ L k is smooth.
Powers of linear forms span Sym d ( V ∗ ) \operatorname{Sym}^{d}(V^*) Sym d ( V ∗ ) : polarization expresses a product of linear forms as
m 1 ⋯ m d = 1 d ! ∑ I ⊂ { 1 , … , d } ( − 1 ) d − ∣ I ∣ ( ∑ i ∈ I m i ) d . m_1\cdots m_d=\frac{1}{d!}\sum_{I\subset\{1,\ldots,d\}}(-1)^{d-|I|}\left(\sum_{i\in I}m_i\right)^d. m 1 ⋯ m d = d ! 1 I ⊂ { 1 , … , d } ∑ ( − 1 ) d − ∣ I ∣ ( i ∈ I ∑ m i ) d . The coefficients can be absorbed into d d d th roots, giving f = ∑ i = 1 M 0 ℓ i d f=\sum_{i=1}^{M_0}\ell_i^d f = ∑ i = 1 M 0 ℓ i d . The ℓ i \ell_i ℓ i span V ∗ V^* V ∗ : otherwise a nonzero vector v v v would satisfy both f ( v ) = 0 f(v)=0 f ( v ) = 0 and d f ( v ) = d ∑ i ℓ i ( v ) d − 1 ℓ i = 0 df(v)=d\sum_i\ell_i(v)^{d-1}\ell_i=0 df ( v ) = d ∑ i ℓ i ( v ) d − 1 ℓ i = 0 , contradicting smoothness. Thus v ↦ ( ℓ i ( v ) ) v\mapsto(\ell_i(v)) v ↦ ( ℓ i ( v )) is a linear embedding. For M ≥ M 0 M\geq M_0 M ≥ M 0 , add zero linear forms to the expression. The projectivization realizes X X X as the required linear section.
Write L = P ( V ) L=\mathbb{P}(V) L = P ( V ) for its image. On L L L , the Fermat equation restricts to f f f , whose differential is nonzero at every point of X X X . Thus every linear subspace containing L L L cuts out a hypersurface smooth along X X X . If M = N M=N M = N , the flag is trivial. Otherwise, start with L M = P M − 1 L_M=\mathbb{P}^{M-1} L M = P M − 1 . Suppose Y M ∩ L k Y_M\cap L_k Y M ∩ L k is smooth and k > N + 1 k>N+1 k > N + 1 . The hyperplanes of L k L_k L k containing L L L have base locus exactly X X X on this hypersurface. By Bertini’s theorem [20 III, Corollary 10.9 and Remark 10.9.2] , a general such hyperplane L k − 1 L_{k-1} L k − 1 gives a section smooth away from X X X ; the differential calculation gives smoothness along X X X . Continuing down to L N + 1 L_{N+1} L N + 1 and taking L N = L L_N=L L N = L as the final hyperplane gives the required flag, since its last section is X X X .
Proposition 5.5. Fix d ≥ 2 d\geq2 d ≥ 2 . Suppose, for arbitrarily large integers M M M , that MF g r ( ∑ i = 1 M y i d ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}\left(\sum_{i=1}^{M}y_i^d\right) MF gr ( ∑ i = 1 M y i d ) has a stability condition satisfying the support property with respect to a specified finite-rank lattice and satisfying (46) with a = 1 a=1 a = 1 . Then MF g r ( f ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(f) MF gr ( f ) has a stability condition for every smooth degree-d d d projective hypersurface { f = 0 } \{f=0\} { f = 0 } . If the source conditions are of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) , so are the resulting conditions. Their support lattices are the successive images specified in Lemma 5.1. If the source conditions have total mass–Hom bounds, so do the resulting conditions.
Proof. Choose M M M large enough to apply Lemma 5.4. Along its smooth flag, each hyperplane becomes a coordinate hyperplane after a linear change of variables, and every defining equation has an isolated critical point at the origin. Apply Proposition 5.3 successively with a = 1 a=1 a = 1 : the phase bound is preserved at each step, so the construction can be iterated. The same proposition gives the asserted support lattices, preserves mass–Hom bounds, and preserves Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) since 1 ≤ d / 2 1\leq d/2 1 ≤ d /2 .
The following theorem implies Theorem 1.2.
Theorem 5.6. Give each variable x i x_i x i degree one, and let W ∈ C [ x 1 , … , x N ] W\in\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots,x_N] W ∈ C [ x 1 , … , x N ] be homogeneous of degree d ≥ 2 d\geq2 d ≥ 2 , with an isolated critical point at the origin. Then the category MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) admits a numerical Bridgeland stability condition of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau,2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) , with a total mass–Hom bound and support on the full numerical lattice K n u m ( MF g r ( W ) ) K_{\mathrm{num}}(\operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W)) K num ( MF gr ( W )) . Here τ \tau τ is the internal grading shift. For a smooth hypersurface $X=(W=
0 ) ⊂ P N − 1 0) \subset\mathbb{P}^{N-1} 0 ) ⊂ P N − 1 with N > d N > d N > d , this gives a stability condition on Ku ( X ) \operatorname{Ku}(X) Ku ( X ) . For N = d N = d N = d , it gives a stability condition on D b ( X ) \operatorname{D}^{b}(X) D b ( X ) .
Proof. If N = 1 N = 1 N = 1 , rescaling identifies W W W with x d x^{d} x d , so the assertion is already contained in Theorem 4.1 . For N ≥ 2 N \ge2 N ≥ 2 , the hypersurface X = ( W = 0 ) ⊂ P N − 1 X = (W = 0) \subset\mathbb{P}^{N-1} X = ( W = 0 ) ⊂ P N − 1 is smooth. Theorem 4.1 supplies a stability condition of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau, 2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) with the support property and a total mass–Hom bound on every Fermat category. For such a condition, τ − 1 [ 1 ] P ( ϕ ) = P ( ϕ + 1 − 2 / d ) ⊆ P ( [ ϕ , ∞ ) ) \tau^{-1}[1]\mathcal{P}(\phi) = \mathcal{P}(\phi+ 1 - 2/d) \subseteq\mathcal{P}([\phi,\infty)) τ − 1 [ 1 ] P ( ϕ ) = P ( ϕ + 1 − 2/ d ) ⊆ P ([ ϕ , ∞ )) , since d ≥ 2 d \ge2 d ≥ 2 . Proposition 5.5 therefore gives a stability condition of Gepner type ( τ , 2 / d ) (\tau, 2/d) ( τ , 2/ d ) on MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) , with support on the successive image lattice. These class maps are numerical. Indeed, for the adjoint functors F : C → D F : \mathcal{C} \to\mathcal{D} F : C → D and R : D → C R : \mathcal{D} \to\mathcal{C} R : D → C at each restriction step, χ C ( A , R ( E ) ) = χ D ( F ( A ) , E ) \chi_{\mathcal{C}}(A, R(E)) = \chi_{\mathcal{D}}(F(A), E) χ C ( A , R ( E )) = χ D ( F ( A ) , E ) . Thus R ∗ R_{*} R ∗ sends numerically trivial classes to numerically trivial classes, and the numerical class map on C \mathcal{C} C induces one on D \mathcal{D} D . The mass–Hom bound is preserved at each restriction step. For N ≥ 2 N \ge2 N ≥ 2 , Orlov’s semiorthogonal decompositions express MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) either as an admissible component of D b ( X ) \operatorname{D}^{b}(X) D b ( X ) or as a category obtained from D b ( X ) \operatorname{D}^{b}(X) D b ( X ) by adjoining finitely many exceptional objects. Its numerical group is therefore a finite-rank lattice, and Lemma 2.1 gives the full numerical support property. Finally, Orlov’s theorem [34 Theorem 3.11] identifies MF g r ( W ) \operatorname{MF}^{\mathrm{gr}}(W) MF gr ( W ) with Ku ( X ) \operatorname{Ku}(X) Ku ( X ) if N > d N > d N > d , and with D b ( X ) \operatorname{D}^{b}(X) D b ( X ) if N = d N = d N = d . □
Proper moduli spaces
Proof of Corollary 1.3. By Orlov’s equivalence, C \mathcal{C} C is smooth, proper, and idempotent complete. Theorem 5.6 gives the full numerical support property and a total mass–Hom bound. Since the class map is numerical, σ \sigma σ is locally constant in the sense of [21 Example 2.29] . Over C \mathbb{C} C , the mass–Hom bound therefore allows us to apply the moduli theorem [21 Theorem 2.35 and Remark 2.36] . Choose a a a with ϕ ∈ ( a , a + 1 ] \phi\in(a, a + 1] ϕ ∈ ( a , a + 1 ] . In the heart P ( ( a , a + 1 ] ) \mathcal{P}((a, a + 1]) P (( a , a + 1 ]) , semistable objects of class v v v have phase ϕ \phi ϕ . By [21 Proposition 2.41] , their stack is algebraic of finite type with affine diagonal and admits a proper good moduli space. □
Recall that a morphism π : M → M \pi: \mathcal{M} \to M π : M → M from a stack to an algebraic space is a good moduli space if π ∗ \pi_{*} π ∗ is exact on quasi-coherent sheaves and the natural map O M → π ∗ O M \mathcal{O}_{M} \to\pi_{*}\mathcal{O}_{\mathcal{M}} O M → π ∗ O M is an isomorphism. In our case, its closed points classify semistable objects up to S-equivalence: two objects are S-equivalent when their Jordan–Hölder graded objects are isomorphic. Equivalently, these points classify polystable objects up to isomorphism. Fixing the phase is essential, since even shifts preserve both the numerical class and the mass. If all semistable objects of the prescribed class and phase are stable, the resulting space is their proper coarse moduli space.