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Loop equations and a proof of Zvonkine's $qr$-ELSV formula

Algebraic Geometry 2023-11-21 v4 Mathematical Physics Combinatorics math.MP

Abstract

We prove the 2006 Zvonkine conjecture that expresses Hurwitz numbers with completed cycles in terms of intersection numbers with the Chiodo classes via the so-called rr-ELSV formula, as well as its orbifold generalization, the qrqr-ELSV formula, proposed recently in [KLPS17].

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@article{arxiv.1905.04524,
  title  = {Loop equations and a proof of Zvonkine's $qr$-ELSV formula},
  author = {Petr Dunin-Barkowski and Reinier Kramer and Alexandr Popolitov and Sergey Shadrin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.04524},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

22 pages. Version 4: improved exposition of the proof