Characterisation of the top K-polynomial on the moduli space of curves

Let g>1g>1, let π:Mg,nMg,0\pi:\overline{\mathcal M}_{g,n}\to\overline{\mathcal M}_{g,0} be the morphism forgetting all marked points, and let ψi\psi_i be the cotangent-line classes at the marked points. Define KmK_m by

m0Km=exp(i>0siκi),\sum_{m\geq 0}K_m=\exp\left(\sum_{i>0}s_i\kappa_i\right),

where

exp(i>0siti)=k=0(1)k(2k+1)!!tk.\exp\left(-\sum_{i>0}s_it^i\right)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty(-1)^k(2k+1)!!t^k.

Top K-polynomial conjecture. One has

K2g2+n=(i=1nψi)πK2g2,K_{2g-2+n}=\left(\prod_{i=1}^n\psi_i\right)\pi^*K_{2g-2},

and K2g2K_{2g-2} is, up to scale, the unique degree 2g22g-2 polynomial with the property that all its pullbacks multiplied by products of the ψ\psi classes are polynomials in kappa classes. This would characterise the top K-polynomials and provide a mechanism for the proposed kappa-class vanishing relations; the statement is not established in the source.

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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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