Double Hurwitz topological-recursion conjecture

Let dd be a positive integer, let q1,,qdq_1,\ldots,q_d be parameters, and set

P(z)=q1z+q2z2++qdzd.P(z)=q_1z+q_2z^2+\cdots+q_dz^d.

Consider the rational spectral curve

x(z)=zexp(sP(z)),y(z)=P(z).x(z)=z\exp(-sP(z)),\qquad y(z)=P(z).

Let DHg,n(μ1,,μn)DH_{g,n}(\mu_1,\ldots,\mu_n) denote the associated double Hurwitz numbers, and let ωg,n\omega_{g,n} be the correlation differentials produced by topological recursion. Double Hurwitz topological-recursion conjecture. For (g,n)(0,2)(g,n)\ne(0,2), the expansions at xi=0x_i=0 satisfy

ωg,n=μ1,,μn=1DHg,n(μ1,,μn)i=1nμixiμi1dxi.\omega_{g,n}=\sum_{\mu_1,\ldots,\mu_n=1}^{\infty}DH_{g,n}(\mu_1,\ldots,\mu_n)\prod_{i=1}^n\mu_i x_i^{\mu_i-1}\,\operatorname{d}x_i.

The conjecture proposes a topological-recursion description of double Hurwitz numbers, with evidence from the associated quantum curve and low-genus calculations. The source also says that it can be reduced to a weaker polynomial-structure conjecture; no resolution is supplied.

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Primary source

Norman Do and Maksim Karev, “Towards the topological recursion for double Hurwitz numbers”, arXiv:1811.05107 (2018).

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