New results of intersection numbers on moduli spaces of curves

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 28;104(35):13896-900. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705910104. Epub 2007 Aug 16.

Abstract

We present a series of results we obtained recently about the intersection numbers of tautological classes on moduli spaces of curves, including a simple formula of the n-point functions for Witten's tau classes, an effective recursion formula to compute higher Weil-Petersson volumes, several new recursion formulae of intersection numbers and our proof of a conjecture of Itzykson and Zuber concerning denominators of intersection numbers. We also present Virasoro and KdV properties of generating functions of general mixed kappa and psi intersections.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Mathematics
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated*