A new proof of Faber's intersection number conjecture (Q635481)

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    A new proof of Faber's intersection number conjecture
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      A new proof of Faber's intersection number conjecture (English)
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      19 August 2011
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      \textit{C. Faber} [Aspects Math. E33, 109--129 (1999; Zbl 0978.14029)] conjectured the Gorenstein nature of the tautological ring of the moduli space of genus \(g\) curves. In this paper, the authors give a new proof for Faber's intersection number conjecture using double ramification cycles. The main advantage of the use of DR-cycles is that the fundamental class of the moduli space of curves of genus \(g\), \(\mathcal{M}_g\), can be represented by a double ramification class. Any integral of \(psi\)-classes over the fundamental class can be expressed in terms of integrals over DR-cycles. The authors give a combinatorial algorithm to describe the classes appearing in Faber's intersection number conjecture and, along with it, a new proof.
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      moduli space of curves
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      Faber's conjecture
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      tautological ring
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      intersection numbers
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      double ramification cycles
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