Rank $r$ DT theory from rank $1$

Abstract

Fix a Calabi-Yau 3-fold $X$ satisfying the Bogomolov-Gieseker conjecture of Bayer-Macr\`i-Toda, such as the quintic 3-fold. We express Joyce's generalised DT invariants counting Gieseker semistable sheaves of any rank $r$ on $X$ in terms of those counting sheaves of rank 1. By the MNOP conjecture they are therefore determined by the Gromov-Witten invariants of $X$.