Faber-Pandharipande conjecture on the prime valuations of intersection-number denominators

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Let Dg\mathcal D_g be the least common multiple of the denominators of the genus-gg intersection numbers, and let ord(p,n)\operatorname{ord}(p,n) denote the maximum integer such that pord(p,n)np^{\operatorname{ord}(p,n)}\mid n. For a prime number pp and g2g\geq 2, the conjecture asserts:

Faber–Pandharipande conjecture.

ord(2,Dg)=3g+ord(2,g!),\operatorname{ord}(2,\mathcal D_g)=3g+\operatorname{ord}(2,g!), ord(3,Dg)=g+ord(3,g!),\operatorname{ord}(3,\mathcal D_g)=g+\operatorname{ord}(3,g!),

and

ord(p,Dg)=2gp1for p5,\operatorname{ord}(p,\mathcal D_g)=\left\lfloor\frac{2g}{p-1}\right\rfloor\quad\text{for }p\geq 5,

where x\lfloor x\rfloor denotes the greatest integer not exceeding xx. These formulas give the conjectural exact values of the common denominators of tautological intersection numbers on the moduli space of stable curves; the source reports computations only through genus 2020, so the general assertion remains open.

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Primary source

Kefeng Liu and Hao Xu, “Intersection numbers and automorphisms of stable curves”, arXiv:math/0608209 (2009).

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