Faber's strong conjecture for the compactly supported tautological algebra

Let R(Mg)\mathcal R^\bullet({\mathcal M}_g) be the tautological algebra of the moduli space of smooth genus-gg curves, and let Rc(Mg)\mathcal R_c^\bullet({\mathcal M}_g) be its compactly supported tautological ideal. The intersection product gives pairings

Rk(Mg)×Rc3g3k(Mg)Rc3g3(Mg)Q.\mathcal R^k({\mathcal M}_g)\times\mathcal R_c^{3g-3-k}({\mathcal M}_g)\longrightarrow\mathcal R_c^{3g-3}({\mathcal M}_g)\cong\mathbb Q.

Faber's strong conjecture. These pairings are perfect for k=0,1,2,k=0,1,2,\dots, and Rc(Mg)\mathcal R_c^\bullet({\mathcal M}_g) is a free R(Mg)\mathcal R^\bullet({\mathcal M}_g)-module of rank one. The source reports evidence, including verification for genera at most 1515, but presents the conjecture as unresolved in general.

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Richard Hain and Eduard Looijenga, “Mapping Class Groups and Moduli Spaces of Curves”, arXiv:alg-geom/9607004 (1996).

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