Reduction of the 2D Toda hierarchy and linear Hodge integrals (Q2671633)

The authors consider the limiting procedure from the special cubic Hodge integrals to the linear Hodge integrals in view of the theory of integrable hierarchies. By taking a certain limit of the fractional Volterra (FV) hierarchy constructed in [\textit{S.-Q. Liu} et al., Lett. Math. Phys. 108, 261--283; (2018; Zbl 1410.37061)], the authors obtain an integrable hierarchy which, together with the well-known Intermediate Long Wave (ILW) hierarchy, forms a reduction of the 2D Toda hierarchy. The authors call it the limit fractional Volterra (LFV) hierarchy and prove that it is a tau-symmetric Hamiltonian integrable hierarchy. This reduced integrable hierarchy controls the linear Hodge integrals in the way that one part of its flows yields the intermediate long wave hierarchy, and the remaining flows coincide with the limit of the flows of the fractional Volterra hierarchy which controls the special cubic Hodge integrals. The authors finally comment connections with the Gromov-Witten/Hurwitz theory.