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Two-node Dualities from Elementary Dualities in 3d and 4d
Abstract
A new 3d π©=2 two-node Seiberg-like duality, analogous to the 4d π©=1 Intriligator--Leigh--Strassler~(ILS) duality, is proposed. As strong evidence, we check the agreement between the 3d π©=2 ellipsoid partition functions for numerous cases using s-confinement method. Surprisingly, our derivation assumes only two elementary 3d π©=2 dualities: Aharony and Benini--Benvenuti--Pasquetti, which reinforces the idea dualities from dualities. We also revisit the original ILS duality and provide a derivation based on nodewise dualities. In particular, we apply a sequence of Seiberg and Kutasov--Schwimmer dualities to individual gauge nodes, with Higgsing at an intermediate step, and subsequently integrate out the massive fields.
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BibTeX
@misc{fang2026twonode,
title = {{Two-node Dualities from Elementary Dualities in 3d and 4d}},
author = {Yuanyuan Fang and Sungjoon Kim},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.34752},
eprint = {2610.34752},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34752},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Two-node Dualities from Elementary Dualities in 3d and 4d
AU - Yuanyuan Fang
AU - Sungjoon Kim
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/26
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.34752
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34752
AB - A new 3d π©=2 two-node Seiberg-like duality, analogous to the 4d π©=1 Intriligator--Leigh--Strassler~(ILS) duality, is proposed. As strong evidence, we check the agreement between the 3d π©=2 ellipsoid partition functions for numerous cases using s-confinement method. Surprisingly, our derivation assumes only two elementary 3d π©=2 dualities: Aharony and Benini--Benvenuti--Pasquetti, which reinforces the idea dualities from dualities. We also revisit the original ILS duality and provide a derivation based on nodewise dualities. In particular, we apply a sequence of Seiberg and Kutasov--Schwimmer dualities to individual gauge nodes, with Higgsing at an intermediate step, and subsequently integrate out the massive fields.
ER -