TITLE: On the generating functions for Euler characteristic of Hilbert schemes of points
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: Let $d>1$ be an integer. If $n\geq 0$ is an integer we have a notion of $d$-dimensional partitions of $n$; the number of these, denoted $p_d(n)$, is the number of ways we can stack $n$ ($d$-dimensional) boxes in a corner of a $d$-dimensional "room". No closed formula is known for $p_d$, for any $d>1$. As far as I know, the generating function $\mathcal P_d$ for $p_d$ is known for $d=2,3$, but for no higher $d$'s:
\begin{align}
\mathcal P_2=\sum_{n\geq 0}p_2(n)t^n&=\prod_{k\geq 1}(1-t^k)^{-1},\notag\\
\mathcal P_3=\sum_{n\geq 0}p_3(n)t^n&=\prod_{k\geq 1}(1-t^k)^{-k}.\notag
\end{align}
However, it seems to me that to find $p_d(n)$ is to find the number of "higher dimensional Young Tableaux", and these correspond to monomial ideals in $\mathbb C^d$. So it should be true that 
$$p_d(n)=\chi(\textrm{Hilb}^n(\mathbb C^d)_0),$$ the topological Euler characteristic of the punctual Hilbert scheme.
It is also true that, if $S$ is a smooth projective surface and $Y$ is a smooth projective threefold, then
\begin{align}
\sum_{n\geq 0}\chi(\textrm{Hilb}^nS)t^n&=\mathcal P_2^{\chi(S)}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\textrm{(Göttsche's formula)}\notag\\
\sum_{n\geq 0}\chi(\textrm{Hilb}^nY)t^n&=\mathcal P_3^{\chi(Y)} \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\textrm{(Cheah's formula)}\notag
\end{align}
Question: do we have such formulas for any $d$? in other words, do we have $$\sum_{n\geq 0}\chi(\textrm{Hilb}^nX)t^n=\mathcal P_d^{\chi(X)}$$ for any smooth projective $X$ of dimension $d$?

REPLY [2 votes]: Yes.
Write $\mathcal P_d= 1 + p_d$, so $\mathcal P_d^{\chi(X)}= \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \left( \begin{array}{c} \chi( X) \\ k \end{array}\right) p_d^k$. 
I will show that $\left( \begin{array}{c} \chi( X) \\ k \end{array}\right) p_d^k$ is the generating function for the stratum of $Hilb^n X$ consisting of subschemas that are supported on $k$ distinct points.
This subscheme is a fibration over the variety $\left( \begin{array}{c} X \\ k \end{array}\right)$, the variety of all sets of $k$ distinct points in $X$. We can easily check that the Euler characteristic of $\left( \begin{array}{c} X \\ k \end{array}\right)$ is $\left( \begin{array}{c} \chi(X) \\ k \end{array}\right)$. The Euler characteristic of a fibration is the Euler characteristic of the base times the Euler characteristic of the fiber. So we must show that the Euler characteristic of the fiber is $p_d^k$. But this is clear - it's just the Hilbert scheme of subschemes supported exactly at $k$ distinct fixed points, which is just a $k$-fold product of the hilbert scheme of nonempty subschemes supported at a single point, which is $p_d$.