Low-codimension perfect-pairing conjecture for compact type moduli

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Let Ri(Mg,nct)\mathsf{R}^i(\mathcal{M}_{g,n}^{\operatorname{ct}}) denote the codimension-ii part of the tautological ring of the moduli space of stable curves of compact type, and consider the pairing

Ri(Mg,nct)×R2g3+ni(Mg,nct)R2g3+n(Mg,nct).\mathsf{R}^i(\mathcal{M}_{g,n}^{\operatorname{ct}})\times \mathsf{R}^{2g-3+n-i}(\mathcal{M}_{g,n}^{\operatorname{ct}})\longrightarrow \mathsf{R}^{2g-3+n}(\mathcal{M}_{g,n}^{\operatorname{ct}}).

Low-codimension pairing conjecture. For i3i\leq 3, these pairings are perfect. If i=4i=4, the pairing has rank dimR4(Mg,nct)\dim \mathsf{R}^4(\mathcal{M}_{g,n}^{\operatorname{ct}}). The conjecture implies the analogous statement in cohomology; the case i=0i=0 follows from the one-dimensional socle, and the source proves the case i=1i=1, leaving the remaining cases open.

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Samir Canning, Hannah Larson and Johannes Schmitt, “The Gorenstein property and Pixton's conjecture for compact type moduli”, arXiv:2607.02249 (2026).

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