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We explore Seiberg-like dualities, or mutations, for \( \mathcal{N}=4 \) quiver quantum mechanics in the context of wall-crossing. In contrast to higher dimensions, the 1d Seiberg-duality must be performed with much care. With fixed Fayet-Iliopoulos constants, at most two nodes can be mutated, one left and the other right, mapping a chamber of a quiver into a chamber of a mutated quiver. We delineate this complex pattern for triangle quivers and show how the Witten indices are preserved under such finely chosen mutations. On the other hand, the quiver invariants, or wall-crossing-safe part of supersymmetric spectra, mutate more straightforwardly, whereby a quiver is mapped to a quiver. The mutation rule that preserves the quiver invariant is different from the usual one, however, which we explore and confirm numerically.
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Kim, H., Lee, SJ. & Yi, P. Mutation, Witten index, and quiver invariant. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 93 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2015)093
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