Hodge-class formula for the top J-polynomial on the moduli space of curves

Let Mg,n\overline{\mathcal M}_{g,n} be the moduli space of stable curves, let κi\kappa_i be the kappa classes, and define JmJ_m by

m0Jm=exp(i>0σiκi),\sum_{m\geq 0}J_m=\exp\left(\sum_{i>0}\sigma_i\kappa_i\right),

where the coefficients σi\sigma_i are determined by

exp(i>0σiti)=k=0(1)kk!tk.\exp\left(-\sum_{i>0}\sigma_it^i\right)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty(-1)^kk!t^k.

Hodge formula conjecture. For n=0n=0 or n=1n=1, the top polynomial is

J2g2+n={(1)gλg2λgH(Mg,Q),n=0,(1)g1λg1λgH(Mg,1,Q),n=1.J_{2g-2+n}=\begin{cases}(-1)^g\lambda_{g-2}\lambda_g\in H^*(\overline{\mathcal M}_{g},\mathbb{Q}),&n=0,\\(-1)^{g-1}\lambda_{g-1}\lambda_g\in H^*(\overline{\mathcal M}_{g,1},\mathbb{Q}),&n=1. \end{cases}

Here λi\lambda_i denotes the iith Chern class of the Hodge bundle. This has been checked up to genus 44 using computational tools, but remains conjectural in general.

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Primary source

Maxim Kazarian and Paul Norbury, “Polynomial relations among kappa classes on the moduli space of curves”, arXiv:2112.11672 (2021).

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