Local monodromy, Behrend function and Hilbert scheme of points on $\mathbb{C}^3$

Source abstract

We prove a criteria for the Behrend function values on the Hilbert scheme of $n$-points on $\C^3$ from local monodromy and the Denef--Loeser's Lefschetz trace formula of jet spaces. If the powers two, three, and four of the monodromy is unipotent, it reduces respectively to a Hessian parity formula, a cubic-complement formula, and a quartic formula. This gives a Milnor fiber and monodromy based proof of nonconstancy of the Behrend function on $\Hilb^n(\C^3)$ after Jelisiejew-Kool-Schmiermann.