KP integrability of triple Hodge integrals. I: From Givental group to hierarchy symmetries (Q2041587)

The main goal of this paper is to clarify the role of KP/Toda type integrability in the general scheme of a topological recursion/Givental decomposition (TR/GD). The author investigates a relation between the Givental group of rank one and the Heisenberg-Virasoro symmetry group of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) hierarchy. He proves, that only a two-parameter family of the Givental operators can be identified with elements of the Heisenberg-Virasoro symmetry group. This family describes triple Hodge integrals satisfying the Calabi-Yau condition. Using the identification of the elements of two groups he proves that the generating function of triple Hodge integrals satisfying the Calabi-Yau condition and its T-version are tau-functions of the KP hierarchy. This generalizes the result of Kazarian on KP integrability in the case of linear Hodge integrals. This paper is organized as follows: Section 1 is an introduction to the subject and summarizes the main results. In Section 2 the author considers rank one Givental operators, which after a linear change of variables can be identified with the elements of the Heisenberg-Virasoro symmetry group of the KP hierarchy. In Section 3 he identifies this family with the generating functions of triple Hodge integrals, which proves the KP integrability of the latter.