Equivariant Hirzebruch classes and Molien series of quotient singularities (Q1757162)

The authors study the quotient singularities of \(\mathbb{C}^n\) by a finite matrix group \(G\). In particular, they find that the Hirzebruch class of these singularities essentially agree with the Molien series of the group \(G\). They work with the equivariant Hirzebruch class (with respect to the torus \(\mathbb{C}^{\ast}\)-action) and use a Lefschetz-Riemann-Roch-type theorem from [\textit{S. E. Cappell} et al., Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 65, No. 12, 1722--1769 (2012; Zbl 1276.14009)]. As special case of the McKay correspondence proved for the elliptic class in [\textit{L. Borisov} and \textit{A. Libgober}, Ann. Math. (2) 161, No. 3, 1521--1569 (2005; Zbl 1153.58301)], they show that the equivariant Hirzebruch class of a crepant resolution is a combination of the Molien series of the centralizers of elements of \(G\). A certain positivity result is proved for local equivariant Hirzebruch and Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes of \(\mathbb{C}^n/G\) quotient varieties. Explicit examples including Du Val singularities and four dimensional symplectic singularities are discussed.