Twisted Hurwitz numbers: Tropical and polynomial structures

arXiv2210.00595MaRDI QIDQ6412659FDOQ6412659

Publication date: 2 October 2022

Abstract: Hurwitz numbers count covers of curves satisfying fixed ramification data. Via monodromy representation, this counting problem can be transformed to a problem of counting factorizations in the symmetric group. This and other beautiful connections make Hurwitz numbers a longstanding active research topic. In recent work Chapuy and Dolk{e}ga, a new enumerative invariant called b-Hurwitz number was introduced, which enumerates non-orientable branched coverings. For b=1, we obtain twisted Hurwitz numbers which were linked to surgery theory in work of Burman and Fesler and admit a representation as factorisations in the symmetric group. In this paper, we derive a tropical interperetation of twisted Hurwitz numbers in terms of tropical covers and study their polynomial structure.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of tropical varieties (14T15) Enumeration in graph theory (05C30) Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12)

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