The esv conjecture for B-cycle and modular graph functions

Let Γ\Gamma be a graph with ll edges. Define the Laurent polynomial

b[Γ]:=k=llbk(0)(Γ)Tk\mathbf{b}[\Gamma]:=\sum_{k=-l}^l b_k^{(0)}(\Gamma)\,T^k

and let d[Γ]\mathbf{d}[\Gamma] denote the corresponding Laurent polynomial for the modular graph function. Define esv:Z[T]Zsv[y]\operatorname{esv}:\mathcal{Z}[T]\rightarrow\mathcal{Z}^{\rm sv}[y] by

esv(ζ(k))=ζsv(k),esv(T)=2y.\operatorname{esv}(\zeta(\mathbf{k}))=\zeta_{\rm sv}(\mathbf{k}),\qquad \operatorname{esv}(T)=-2y.

Brödel–Schlotterer–Zerbini's esv conjecture. For all graphs Γ\Gamma,

esv(b[Γ])=d[Γ].\operatorname{esv}(\mathbf{b}[\Gamma])=\mathbf{d}[\Gamma].

The identity is supported by explicit computations and relates the constant Fourier modes of open-string B-cycle graph functions to modular graph functions; its validity for all graphs remains open.

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Primary source

Federico Zerbini, “Modular and holomorphic graph function from superstring amplitudes”, arXiv:1807.04506 (2018).

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