The taut 10 conjecture for moduli spaces of stable curves

For the moduli stack Mg,n\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n} of stable curves, let Hk(Mg,n)H^k(\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}) denote rational singular cohomology, and call it tautological when it is generated by tautological classes.

Taut 10 conjecture. All cohomology groups

Hk(Mg,n)H^k(\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n})

are tautological for k10k\leq10.

The bound is best possible because H11(M1,11)H^{11}(\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{1,11}) is not tautological. The conjecture follows from the taut 20 conjecture together with the vanishing of odd-degree cohomology below degree 11, but it remains open.

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Primary source

Sam Payne, “On the Hodge and Tate conjectures for moduli spaces of curves”, arXiv:2605.20453 (2026).

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