An algebro-geometric proof of Witten’s conjecture

DOI10.1090/S0894-0347-07-00566-8zbMATH Open1155.14004arXivmath/0601760WikidataQ64356442 ScholiaQ64356442MaRDI QIDQ3594375FDOQ3594375

M. È. Kazaryan, S. Lando

Publication date: 7 August 2007

Published in: Journal of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a new proof of Witten's conjecture. The proof is based on the analysis of the relationship between intersection indices on moduli spaces of complex curves and Hurwitz numbers enumerating ramified coverings of the 2-sphere.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601760

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zbMATH Keywords

KdV equationHurwitz spacesWitten conjectureIntersection theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Intersection theory, characteristic classes, intersection multiplicities in algebraic geometry (14C17) Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Relationships between algebraic curves and physics (14H81) Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30)

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