Polynomial structure conjecture for Masur–Veech volumes

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 g0g\geq 0, consider polynomials pg,qgQ[n]p_g,q_g\in\mathbb{Q}[n]. Polynomial structure conjecture. For any g0g\geq 0, there exist such polynomials with

degpg={(g1)/2,g>0,,g=0,anddegqg=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 n0n\geq 0,

MVg,nπ6g6+2n=2n(2g3+n)!(4g4+n)!(6g7+2n)!(pg(n)+γ2g3+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.

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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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