Quantum cohomology of Hilb\(_n(\mathbb C^2)\) and the weighted hook walk on Young diagrams (Q420688)

Following the work of Okounkov and Pandharipande, Diaconescu and the recent work of Ciocan-Fontanine et al. studying the equivariant quantum cohomology \(QH^{*}_{(\mathbb{C}^{*})^{2}}(\text{Hilb}_{n})\) of the Hilbert scheme and relative Donaldson-Thomas theory of \(\mathbb{P}^{1}\times \mathbb{C}^{2}\), the authors establish a connection between \(J\)-function of the Hilbert scheme and a certain combinatorial identity in two variables. The authors also generalize this identity to a multivariable identity.