Theta-class formula for the top K-polynomial on the moduli space of curves

For g,nNg,n\in\mathbb{N} with 2g2+n>02g-2+n>0, let KmK_m be the homogeneous polynomials in the kappa classes defined 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,

and let Θg,nH2(2g2+n)(Mg,n,Q)\Theta_{g,n}\in H^{2(2g-2+n)}(\overline{\mathcal M}_{g,n},\mathbb{Q}) be the classes introduced in the cited construction. Theta-class conjecture. For 2g2+n>02g-2+n>0,

K2g2+n=Θg,n.K_{2g-2+n}=\Theta_{g,n}.

The classes Θg,n\Theta_{g,n} are conjecturally related to the cohomology of the supermoduli space of curves; this identity is proposed as another characterisation of the top K-polynomial and remains open.

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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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