The dual Strong F-conjecture for the moduli space of pointed genus-zero curves

Let M0,n\overline M_{0,n} be the moduli space of stable genus-zero curves with nn marked points. Let PBDcone(n)\operatorname{PBDcone}(n) be the cone associated with effective partition block designs on [n1][n-1], identified with the dual of the effective boundary cone in N1(M0,n)N_1(\overline M_{0,n}). Dual Strong F-conjecture. For n11n\leq 11, PBDcone(n)\operatorname{PBDcone}(n) is contained in the convex cone generated by the classes of F-curves in N1(M0,n)N_1(\overline M_{0,n}); equivalently, every extremal effective PBD on [n1][n-1] is an effective combination of F-curves. This is the dual formulation of the Strong F-conjecture in the stated range, and the supplied context does not indicate that it has been proved.

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Maksym Fedorchuk and Anton Mellit, “Symmetric and non-symmetric F-conjectures are equivalent”, arXiv:2507.12434 (2025).

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