The sine formula conjecture for admissible-cover Hodge integrals

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Let Id(g)I_d(g) be the Hodge integral over the moduli space of connected genus gg, degree dd admissible covers of P1\mathbb{P}^1 with one fully ramified point and all other ramification simple, and define

Id(x):=g=0Id(g)2g+d1!x2g+d1.\mathcal{I}_d(x):=\sum_{g=0}^\infty \frac{I_d(g)}{2g+d-1!}x^{2g+d-1}.

Sine formula conjecture. For all d1d\geq 1,

Id(x)=(1)d11d(2sin(x2))d2sin(dx2).\mathcal{I}_d(x)=(-1)^{d-1}\frac{1}{d}\frac{\bigl(2\sin\bigl(\frac{x}{2}\bigr)\bigr)^d}{2\sin\bigl(\frac{dx}{2}\bigr)}.

These integrals arise as natural intersection numbers on moduli spaces of admissible covers and are related to the local Gromov--Witten theory of curves. The statement organizes the integrals into a closed generating-function formula; the supplied source gives no evidence in the provided text that the conjecture has been resolved.

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Primary source

Renzo Cavalieri, “Hodge-type integrals on moduli spaces of admissible covers”, arXiv:math/0411500 (2009).

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