On the structure of Goulden-Jackson-Vakil formula

DOI10.4310/MRL.2009.V16.N4.A11zbMATH Open1208.14055arXiv0810.0729OpenAlexW3099241977MaRDI QIDQ730683FDOQ730683

S. Shadrin

Publication date: 12 October 2009

Published in: Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the structure of the Goulden-Jackson-Vakil formula that relates Hurwitz numbers to some conjectural "intersection numbers" on a conjectural family of varieties $X_{g,n}$ of dimension $4g-3+n$. We give explicit formulas for the properly arranged generating function for these "intersection numbers", and prove that it satisfies Hirota equations. This generalizes and substantially simplifies our earlier results with Zvonkine in arXiv:math/0602457.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.0729

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zbMATH Keywords

Hurwitz numbersHirota equationGoulden-Jackson-Vakil formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Intersection theory, characteristic classes, intersection multiplicities in algebraic geometry (14C17) Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35)

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• Hurwitz theory and the double ramification cycle

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