ELSV-type formula conjecture for one-part double Hurwitz numbers

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For g0g\geq 0, n1n\geq 1, and (g,n)(0,1),(0,2)(g,n)\neq(0,1),(0,2), let H(d),βgH^g_{(d),\beta} be the one-part double Hurwitz number, let r(d),βgr^g_{(d),\beta} be its associated number of simple branch points, and suppose there is a moduli space Picg,n\overline{\operatorname{Pic}}_{g,n} with classes ψi\psi_i and Λ2k\Lambda_{2k}. ELSV-type formula conjecture. For every such g,ng,n,

H(d),βg=r(d),βg!dPicg,nΛ0Λ2+±Λ2g(1β1ψ1)(1βnψn),H^{g}_{(d), \beta}=r^{g}_{(d), \beta}!\,d\int_{\overline{\operatorname{Pic}}_{g,n}}\frac{\Lambda_0-\Lambda_2+\cdots\pm\Lambda_{2g}}{(1-\beta_1\psi_1)\cdots(1-\beta_n\psi_n)},

where Picg,n\overline{\operatorname{Pic}}_{g,n} has a possibly virtual fundamental class of dimension 4g3+n4g-3+n, contains the stated Picard variety as an open subset, admits the stated forgetful morphisms and sections, its ψ\psi-classes satisfy the stated pullback and intersection relations, and the Λ\Lambda-classes are codimension-2k2k Chern classes of a self-dual rank-2g2g bundle with Λ0=1\Lambda_0=1. The formula is verified in the source for genus 00 and genus 11 with the specified choices of compactified Picard spaces, but remains conjectural in general.

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Primary source

Ian Goulden, David Jackson and Ravi Vakil, “Towards the geometry of double Hurwitz numbers”, arXiv:math/0309440 (2003).

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