The proportionality conjecture for the sums Pn,tP_{n,t} and AnA_n

Let gg be the genus, let n2n\geq 2, and let t{0,,n}t\in\{0,\dots,n\}. For integers a1,,an0a_1,\dots,a_n\geq 0 satisfying

a1++an=2g3+n,a_1+\cdots+a_n=2g-3+n,

define Pn,tP_{n,t} by the preceding combinatorial sum and set

An=(1)n(2g4+n)!o1,,on(2Z+1)>0\o1++on=2g4+nj=1n(2ajoj).A_n=(-1)^n(2g-4+n)!\sum_{\substack{o_1,\dots,o_n\in(2\mathbb{Z}+1)_{>0}\o_1+\cdots+o_n=2g-4+n}}\prod_{j=1}^n\binom{2a_j}{o_j}.

Proportionality conjecture. For every such nn, tt, and (a1,,an)(a_1,\dots,a_n), one has

Pn,t=(1)t[((n1t)(n1t1))(2g3+n+t)+2(t1)(n1t1)]An.P_{n,t}=(-1)^t\left[\left(\binom{n-1}{t}-\binom{n-1}{t-1}\right)(2g-3+n+t)+2(t-1)\binom{n-1}{t-1}\right]A_n.

This identity is a proposed combinatorial proportionality relating the quantities obtained by collecting terms according to the number of parity decreases to the basic odd-indexed sum AnA_n. The supplied source does not state whether the conjecture has been proved or refuted, so its resolution remains open.

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Primary source

Elba Garcia-Failde, Reinier Kramer, Danilo Lewański and Sergey Shadrin, “Half-Spin Tautological Relations and Faber's Proportionalities of Kappa Classes”, arXiv:1902.02742 (2019).

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