The higher-genus open r-spin Witten conjecture

Let rr be the spin parameter, let g2g\geq 2, let Fgxr,oF_g^{x^r,o} denote the open rr-spin potential, and let ϕg\phi_g denote the corresponding closed rr-spin potential. The notation tdr11r(tdr1δd,0rs)\left.\cdot\right|_{t^{r-1}_d\mapsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{-r}}(t^{r-1}_d-\delta_{d,0}rs)} means substituting 1r(tdr1δd,0rs)\frac{1}{\sqrt{-r}}(t^{r-1}_d-\delta_{d,0}rs) for tdr1t^{r-1}_d. The higher-genus open rr-spin Witten conjecture. There exists a geometric definition of the open rr-spin potential such that

Fgxr,o=(r)g12ϕgtdr11r(tdr1δd,0rs).F^{x^r,o}_g=\left.(-r)^{\frac{g-1}{2}}\phi_g\right|_{t^{r-1}_d\mapsto\frac{1}{\sqrt{-r}}(t^{r-1}_d-\delta_{d,0}rs)}.

This extends the genus-zero and genus-one open rr-spin results cited in the surrounding discussion to all genera, but the higher-genus assertion is presented here as a conjectural existence statement.

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Mark Gross, Tyler L. Kelly and Ran J. Tessler, “Open enumerative geometries for Landau-Ginzburg models”, arXiv:2602.12707 (2026).

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