The conjectural string partition function product formula

Let Z\mathcal{Z} be the string partition function, let xx be the string coupling parameter, and let F0(0)F_0^{(0)} and F1(0)F_1^{(0)} be the classical genus-zero and genus-one potentials above. Let p,q,ζ,yp,q,\zeta,y be the multiplicative variables, let D(n,γ,j)D(\ell n,\gamma,j) be the integral coefficients defined from the Jacobi-form data, and let (,n,γ,j)>0(\ell,n,\gamma,j)>0 denote the positivity condition used in the source. Let q1q_1 be the base expansion parameter. The string partition function conjecture. The string partition function behaves as

Z=exp(x2F0(0)+F1(0))[(,n,γ,j)>0(1pqnζγyj)D(n,γ,j)+O(q1)].\mathcal{Z}=\exp\left(x^{-2}F_0^{(0)}+F_1^{(0)}\right)\left[\prod_{(\ell,n,\gamma,j)>0}(1-p^\ell q^n\zeta^\gamma y^j)^{D(\ell n,\gamma,j)}+O(q_1)\right].

This conjecture packages the preceding conjectural Gromov–Witten formulas into an infinite-product expression, up to the omitted ζ(1)\zeta(1) factor mentioned in the source and terms of order q1q_1. The source presents it as the main conjecture and supplies examples corroborating related genus-zero and genus-one formulas, but no general resolution is stated.

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Toshiya Kawai and Kota Yoshioka, “String Partition Functions and Infinite Products”, arXiv:hep-th/0002169 (2000).

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