The conjectural formula for the top-degree double ramification cycle coefficient

Let Mg,2\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,2} be the moduli space of stable curves with two marked points, let λg\lambda_g denote the top Chern class of the Hodge bundle, and let DRg(a,a)\mathrm{DR}_g(a,-a) be the double ramification cycle with weights aa and a-a. Let Bg{\mathsf{B}}^g be the tautological class defined by the alternating sum of decorated boundary strata described above. The conjectural formula.

Coefa2gDRg(a,a)λg=Bg.\operatorname{Coef}_{a^{2g}}\,\mathrm{DR}_g(a,-a)\lambda_g={\mathsf{B}}^g.

This gives a conjectural expression for the coefficient of a2ga^{2g} in the product of the double ramification cycle with the Hodge class, in terms of tautological boundary classes. The source attributes the formulation to earlier work, but the supplied text gives no evidence that the formula has been proved or disproved.

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Primary source

Danil Gubarevich, “A conjectural formula for λ_gDR_g(a,-a) is true in Gorenstein quotient”, arXiv:2204.05396 (2022).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2021–2022). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2109.15245.

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