Wall-crossing for vortex partition function and handsaw quiver variety (Q6170727)

This paper studies the vortex partition functions, which have the origin in the vortex moduli space of some supersymmetric gauge theory in physics. Mathematically, the partition functions studied here are defined by the equivariant integrals of cohomology classes over the handsaw quiver varieties of type \(A_1\). The main result is the proof of the wall-crossing formula of vortex partition functions proposed by physicists. The proof is based on the calculation using Mochizuki's (enhanced) master space [\textit{T. Mochizuki}, Donaldson type invariants for algebraic surfaces. Transition of moduli stacks. Berlin: Springer (2009; Zbl 1177.14003)], which is a moduli space describing ``both sides'' of the wall-crossings. The paper also points out that the wall-crossing formula gives a geometric interpretation of Kajihara's transformation formula of multi-variable hypergeometric functions [\textit{Y. Kajihara}, Adv. Math. 187, No. 1, 53--97 (2004; Zbl 1072.33015); \textit{Y. Kajihara} and \textit{M. Noumi}, Indag. Math., New Ser. 14, No. 3--4, 395--421 (2003; Zbl 1051.33009)].