Polynomiality of Hurwitz numbers, Bouchard-Mariño conjecture, and a new proof of the ELSV formula

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2015.03.016zbMATH Open1318.14051arXiv1307.4729OpenAlexW2036649734WikidataQ123358118 ScholiaQ123358118MaRDI QIDQ2344265FDOQ2344265

Authors: Loek Spitz, P. Dunin-Barkowski, M. È. Kazaryan, Nicolas Orantin, S. Shadrin 

Publication date: 13 May 2015

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we give a new proof of the ELSV formula. First, we refine an argument of Okounkov and Pandharipande in order to prove (quasi-)polynomiality of Hurwitz numbers without using the ELSV formula (the only way to do that before used the ELSV formula). Then, using this polynomiality we give a new proof of the Bouchard-Mari~no conjecture. After that, using the correspondence between the Givental group action and the topological recursion coming from matrix models, we prove the equivalence of the Bouchard-Mari~no conjecture and the ELSV formula (it is a refinement of an argument by Eynard).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.4729

Recommendations

• Equivalence of ELSV and Bouchard-Mariño conjectures for \(r\)-spin Hurwitz numbers
• A short proof of the λg -conjecture without Gromov-Witten theory: Hurwitz theory and the moduli of curves
• Hurwitz numbers and intersections on moduli spaces of curves.
• Polynomiality of orbifold Hurwitz numbers, spectral curve, and a new proof of the Johnson-Pandharipande-Tseng formula
• Towards an orbifold generalization of Zvonkine’s 𝑟-ELSV formula

zbMATH Keywords

topological recursionramified coveringsEuler class of the fixed locusGivental theoryinfinite wedge formalismrelative stable maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Frobenius manifolds (53D45) Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Relations of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems with algebraic geometry, complex analysis, and special functions (37K20)

Cites Work

• On the Lambert \(w\) function
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Intersection theory on the moduli space of curves and the matrix Airy function
• Hodge integrals, partition matrices, and the \(\lambda_g\) conjecture
• Hurwitz numbers and intersections on moduli spaces of curves.
• Hodge integrals and Gromov-Witten theory
• Gromov-Witten theory, Hurwitz theory, and completed cycles
• The equivariant Gromov-Witten theory of \(\mathbb P^1\)
• Tautological relations and the \(r\)-spin Witten conjecture
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• The structure of 2D semi-simple field theories
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Transitive factorisations into transpositions and holomorphic mappings on the sphere
• Invariants of algebraic curves and topological expansion
• Identification of the Givental formula with the spectral curve topological recursion procedure
• Instantons and merons in matrix models
• Invariants of spectral curves and intersection theory of moduli spaces of complex curves
• Hurwitz numbers, matrix models and enumerative geometry
• PARTITION FUNCTIONS OF MATRIX MODELS: FIRST SPECIAL FUNCTIONS OF STRING THEORY
• The Laplace transform of the cut-and-join equation and the Bouchard-Mariño conjecture on Hurwitz numbers
• Hermitian matrix model free energy: Feynman graph technique for all genera
• Free energy topological expansion for the 2-matrix model
• Double Hurwitz numbers via the infinite wedge
• The spectral curve of the Eynard-Orantin recursion via the Laplace transform
• A matrix model for simple Hurwitz numbers, and topological recursion
• The Gromov-Witten potential of a point, Hurwitz numbers, and Hodge integrals.
• The number of ramified coverings of the sphere by the double torus, and a general form for higher genera
• A short proof of the λg -conjecture without Gromov-Witten theory: Hurwitz theory and the moduli of curves
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Intersection theory, integrable hierarchies and topological field theory
• The asymptotic expansion for \(n!\) and the Lagrange inversion formula
• Polynomial recursion formula for linear Hodge integrals
• Chain of matrices, loop equations, and topological recursion
• Equivalence of ELSV and Bouchard-Mariño conjectures for \(r\)-spin Hurwitz numbers
• The Eynard-Orantin recursion for the total ancestor potential
• Lectures on the ELSV formula

Cited In (27)

• Quantization of Harer-Zagier formulas
• Topological recursion for Kadomtsev-Petviashvili tau functions of hypergeometric type
• Chiodo formulas for the \(r\)-th roots and topological recursion
• Loop equations and a proof of Zvonkine's $qr$-ELSV formula
• Blobbed topological recursion
• Equivalence of ELSV and Bouchard-Mariño conjectures for \(r\)-spin Hurwitz numbers
• Polynomiality of orbifold Hurwitz numbers, spectral curve, and a new proof of the Johnson-Pandharipande-Tseng formula
• Ramifications of Hurwitz theory, KP integrability and quantum curves
• Combinatorics of Bousquet-Mélou-Schaeffer numbers in the light of topological recursion
• Quantum curves for Hitchin fibrations and the Eynard-Orantin theory
• Tropical jucys covers
• Hurwitz numbers and intersections on moduli spaces of curves.
• Lectures on the ELSV formula
• BKP and projective Hurwitz numbers
• The Laplace transform of the cut-and-join equation and the Bouchard-Mariño conjecture on Hurwitz numbers
• Towards the topological recursion for double Hurwitz numbers
• Towards an orbifold generalization of Zvonkine’s 𝑟-ELSV formula
• Explicit closed algebraic formulas for Orlov-Scherbin \(n\)-point functions
• On ELSV-type formulae, Hurwitz numbers and topological recursion
• Gromov-Witten theory, Hurwitz theory, and completed cycles
• A new approach to Hurwitz polynomials in several variables
• The Eynard-Orantin recursion and equivariant mirror symmetry for the projective line
• Quasi-polynomiality of monotone orbifold Hurwitz numbers and Grothendieck's dessins d'enfants
• Cut-and-join equation for monotone Hurwitz numbers revisited
• Wall-crossing and recursion formulae for tropical Jucys covers
• Special cases of the orbifold version of Zvonkine's \(r\)-ELSV formula
• Quantum spectral curve for the Gromov-Witten theory of the complex projective line

This page was built for publication: Polynomiality of Hurwitz numbers, Bouchard-Mariño conjecture, and a new proof of the ELSV formula

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2344265)