Polynomial structure conjecture for Masur–Veech volumes

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Let MVg,nMV_{g,n} denote the Masur–Veech volume, and set

γk=14k(2kk).\gamma_k=\frac{1}{4^k}\binom{2k}{k}.

For each g≥0g\geq 0, consider polynomials pg,qg∈Q[n]p_g,q_g\in\mathbb{Q}[n]. Polynomial structure conjecture. For any g≥0g\geq 0, there exist such polynomials with

deg⁡pg={⌊(g−1)/2⌋,g>0,−∞,g=0,anddeg⁡qg=⌊g/2⌋,\deg p_g=\begin{cases}\lfloor(g-1)/2\rfloor,&g>0,\\-\infty,&g=0,\end{cases} \qquad\text{and}\qquad \deg q_g=\lfloor g/2\rfloor,

and, for any n≥0n\geq 0,

MVg,nπ6g−6+2n=2n(2g−3+n)!(4g−4+n)!(6g−7+2n)!(pg(n)+γ2g−3+nqg(n)).\frac{MV_{g,n}}{\pi^{6g-6+2n}}=2^n\frac{(2g-3+n)!(4g-4+n)!}{(6g-7+2n)!}\left(p_g(n)+\gamma_{2g-3+n}q_g(n)\right).

This predicts a uniform polynomial description of the volumes in every genus and number of marked points; the supplied text gives no resolution of the conjecture.

References

Primary source

Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen, Gaëtan Borot, Séverin Charbonnier, Vincent Delecroix, Alessandro Giacchetto, Danilo Lewanski and Campbell Wheeler, “Topological recursion for Masur-Veech volumes”, arXiv:1905.10352 (2020).

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