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Intersection numbers on $\overline {\mathcal M}_{g,n}$ and BKP hierarchy

Mathematical Physics 2021-01-18 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Algebraic Geometry math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

In their recent inspiring paper Mironov and Morozov claim a surprisingly simple expansion formula for the Kontsevich-Witten tau-function in terms of the Schur Q-functions. Here we provide a similar conjecture for the Br\'ezin-Gross-Witten tau-function. Moreover, we identify both tau-functions of the KdV hierarchy, which describe intersection numbers on the moduli spaces of punctured Riemann surfaces, with the hypergeometric solutions of the BKP hierarchy.

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@article{arxiv.2012.07573,
  title  = {Intersection numbers on $\overline {\mathcal M}_{g,n}$ and BKP hierarchy},
  author = {Alexander Alexandrov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.07573},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

16 pages, minor corrections, references added

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