On the recursion formula for double Hurwitz numbers
Author:
Shengmao Zhu
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 140 (2012), 3749-3760
MSC (2010):
Primary 14H10; Secondary 05E05
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-2012-11235-3
Published electronically:
March 12, 2012
MathSciNet review:
2944715
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Abstract: In this paper, we will give a recursion formula for double Hurwitz numbers by the cut-join analysis. This recursion formula can be considered as a generalized version of the recursion formula for simple Hurwitz numbers derived by Mulase and Zhang. As a direct application, we get a polynomial identity for Goulden-Jackson-Vakil's conjectural intersection numbers and an explicit recursion formula for the computation of these intersection numbers with only -classes.
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Shengmao Zhu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Center of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, People’s Republic of China
Email:
zhushengmao@gmail.com
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-2012-11235-3
Keywords:
Hurwitz numbers,
moduli space,
cut-join,
recursion
Received by editor(s):
November 30, 2010
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
April 28, 2011
Published electronically:
March 12, 2012
Communicated by:
Lev Borisov
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