The quasi-modularity conjecture for Hodge products on an elliptic curve

Let EE be an elliptic curve, let Mg,n\overline{M}_{g,n} be the moduli space of stable curves, and let Cg(γ1,,γn)\mathcal C_g(\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_n) denote the class defined in the paper for insertions γ1,,γnH(E)\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_n\in H^*(E). Let λg1\lambda_{g-1} be the (g1)(g-1)st Chern class of the rank-gg Hodge bundle. Write QModE\mathrm{QMod}^E for the C\mathbb C-linear span of all derivatives

(qddq)iGk(q),\left(q\frac{d}{dq}\right)^iG_k(q),

where i0i\geq 0 and k2k\geq 2 is even. The quasi-modularity conjecture. For any 2g2+n>02g-2+n>0 and γ1,,γnH(E)\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_n\in H^*(E),

Cg(γ1,,γn)λg1H(Mg,n)QModE.\mathcal C_g(\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_n)\cdot\lambda_{g-1}\in H^*(\overline M_{g,n})\otimes\mathrm{QMod}^E.

This predicts that the Hodge-product class has coefficients in the space generated by derivatives of Eisenstein series, restricting the quasi-modular forms that can occur. The supplied text says that the authors give evidence for the conjecture but provides no resolution status.

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Primary source

Georg Oberdieck and Aaron Pixton, “Quantum cohomology of the Hilbert scheme of points on an elliptic surface”, arXiv:2312.13188 (2023).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2017–2023). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1706.10100.

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