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Socle pairings on tautological rings

Algebraic Geometry 2023-06-22 v3

Abstract

We study some aspects of the λg\lambda_g pairing on the tautological ring of MgcM_g^c, the moduli space of genus gg stable curves of compact type. We consider pairing kappa classes with pure boundary strata, all tautological classes supported on the boundary, or the full tautological ring. We prove that the rank of this restricted pairing is equal in the first two cases and has an explicit formula in terms of partitions, while in the last case the rank increases by precisely the rank of the λgλg1\lambda_g\lambda_{g - 1} pairing on the tautological ring of MgM_g.

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@article{arxiv.1304.0026,
  title  = {Socle pairings on tautological rings},
  author = {Felix Janda and Aaron Pixton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.0026},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

18 pages, 1 figure; v3: journal version; v2: minor revisions to sections 1.1 and 4.1, results unchanged

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