Open Virasoro conjecture for the full open partition function

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Let FcF^c and FoF^o be the closed and open descendent generating series, and define the full partition function by

Z=exp⁡(Fc+Fo).\mathsf{Z}=\exp(F^c+F^o).

Let LnL_n be the differential operators in uu and the variables tit_i, and define, for n≥−1n\geq -1,

Ln=Ln+uns∂n+1∂sn+1+3n+34un∂n∂sn.\mathcal{L}_n=L_n+u^n s\frac{\partial^{n+1}}{\partial s^{n+1}}+\frac{3n+3}{4}u^n\frac{\partial^n}{\partial s^n}.

Open Virasoro conjecture. The operators Ln\mathcal{L}_n annihilate the full partition function:

∀n≥−1,LnZ=0.\forall n\geq -1,\qquad \mathcal{L}_n\mathsf{Z}=0.

These constraints extend the closed Virasoro constraints to the open theory and are intended to determine the open descendent invariants. The supplied text gives no resolution evidence.

References

Primary source

Rahul Pandharipande, Jake P. Solomon and Ran J. Tessler, “Intersection theory on moduli of disks, open KdV and Virasoro”, arXiv:1409.2191 (2022).

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