BCOV's polynomiality conjecture for quintic threefolds

Let GgBCOVG_g^{\mathrm{BCOV}} be the set of genus-gg stable graphs for the quintic threefold, with solid, half-dotted-half-solid, and dotted edges. Place the propagators (Tϕ~ϕ~,Tϕ~,T)(T^{\tilde\phi\tilde\phi},T^{\tilde\phi},T) on the corresponding edge types and Pg,m,nP_{g,m,n} at vertices with mm solid and nn dotted half-edges. Define

fgBCOV:=ΓGgBCOV1Aut(Γ)ContΓ.f_g^{\mathrm{BCOV}}:=\sum_{\Gamma\in G_g^{\mathrm{BCOV}}}\frac{1}{|\operatorname{Aut}(\Gamma)|}\operatorname{Cont}_\Gamma.

Let XX be the polynomial variable associated with the quintic mirror coordinate. BCOV's polynomiality conjecture. For g>1g>1, fgBCOVf_g^{\mathrm{BCOV}} is a degree 3g33g-3 polynomial in XX. This is the original BCOV Feynman-rule formulation for the genus-gg B-model potential of the quintic threefold. The supplied text gives no evidence of resolution.

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Huai-Liang Chang, Shuai Guo and Jun Li, “BCOV's Feynman rule of quintic 3-folds”, arXiv:1810.00394 (2019).

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