Rationality and pole-order conjecture for higher-genus BCOV functions

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Let xx and yy be the algebraic coordinates used for the two-parameter model, and let dis0dis_0 denote the discriminant component defined by

dis0=(1432x(1y))(1y).dis_0=(1-432x(1-y))(1-y).

For g2g\geq 2, define the propagators by St1t1=St1t2=St2t1=0\mathtt S^{t_1t_1}=\mathtt S^{t_1t_2}=\mathtt S^{t_2t_1}=0 and

St2t2=1Kt2t2t2t2log(yt2y),\mathtt S^{t_2t_2}=-\frac{1}{\mathtt K_{t_2t_2t_2}}\frac{\partial}{\partial t_2}\log\left(y\frac{\partial t_2}{\partial y}\right),

where Kt2t2t2:=t2t2t2F0(q,p)\mathtt K_{t_2t_2t_2}:=\partial_{t_2}\partial_{t_2}\partial_{t_2}\mathtt F_0(q,p). The dilaton propagators are taken to vanish: Stiϕ=Sϕϕ=0\mathtt S^{t_i\phi}=\mathtt S^{\phi\phi}=0. Rationality and pole-order conjecture. There exists a rational function fg(x,y)f_g(x,y) of the form

fg(x,y)=polynomial in x,ydis02g2,f_g(x,y)=\frac{\text{polynomial in }x,y}{dis_0^{2g-2}},

which reproduces Fg(q,p)\mathtt F_g(q,p) from the BCOV recursion relation with these propagators.

This asserts a polynomial-over-discriminant description of the higher-genus functions in the chosen coordinates. The source states the claim as an observation for g2g\geq2 and provides no resolution or general proof.

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Primary source

Shinobu Hosono, “Counting BPS States via Holomorphic Anomaly Equations”, arXiv:hep-th/0206206 (2002).

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