Even-degree tautological cohomology conjecture for moduli spaces of curves

Let Mg,n\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n} be the moduli space of stable curves, let Hk(Mg,n)H^k(\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}) denote its cohomology, and let RHk(Mg,n)RH^k(\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}) denote the corresponding tautological cohomology. Even-degree tautological cohomology conjecture. For every even k20k\leq 20 and all g,ng,n, one has

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

The claim is motivated by the expectation that even cohomology in this range is pure Tate, while known non-tautological algebraic cycles occur in degrees at least 2222; the source does not report a resolution.

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Hannah Larson, “Chow rings, cohomology rings, and point counts of moduli spaces of curves”, arXiv:2606.29656 (2026).

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