The Kontsevich constants for the volume of the moduli of curves and topological recursion (Q433002)

The authors identify a combinatorial origin of the topological recursion formula of \textit{B. Eynard} and \textit{N. Orantin} [Commun. Number Theory Phys. 1, No. 2, 347--452 (2007; Zbl 1161.14026)] as the operation of edge removal from a ribbon graph. Among the other things, the authors obtain a new proof of the Kontsevich constants for the ratio of the Euclidean and symplectic volumes of the moduli space of curves.