Goulden–Jackson–Vakil conjecture for one-part double Hurwitz numbers

Let hg;μ1,,μnone-parth_{g;\mu_1,\ldots,\mu_n}^{\textnormal{one-part}} denote the double Hurwitz number with one ramification profile equal to the one-part partition of size μ=μ1++μn|\mu|=\mu_1+\cdots+\mu_n. For integers g0g\geq 0 and n1n\geq 1 with (g,n)(0,1)(g,n)\neq(0,1) or (0,2)(0,2), there should exist a moduli space Picg,n\overline{\operatorname{Pic}}_{g,n} with classes Λ2kH4k(Picg,n)\Lambda_{2k}\in H^{4k}(\overline{\operatorname{Pic}}_{g,n}) and ΨiH2(Picg,n)\Psi_i\in H^2(\overline{\operatorname{Pic}}_{g,n}) such that Goulden–Jackson–Vakil conjecture.

hg;μ1,,μnone-part=(μ1++μn)Picg,nk=0g(1)kΛ2ki=1n(1μiΨi).h_{g;\mu_1,\ldots,\mu_n}^{\textnormal{one-part}}=(\mu_1+\cdots+\mu_n)\int_{\overline{\operatorname{Pic}}_{g,n}}\frac{\sum_{k=0}^g(-1)^k\Lambda_{2k}}{\prod_{i=1}^n(1-\mu_i\Psi_i)}.

This conjecture seeks an ELSV-type intersection-theoretic formula for one-part double Hurwitz numbers, analogous to the formula for single Hurwitz numbers. The required compactified Picard-type moduli space and classes are part of the conjectural statement.

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Primary source

Norman Do and Danilo Lewański, “On the Goulden-Jackson-Vakil conjecture for double Hurwitz numbers”, arXiv:2003.08043 (2020).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2006–2020). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0602457.

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