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A Conjectural Description of the Tautological Ring of the Moduli Space of Curves

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Moduli of Curves and Abelian Varieties

Part of the book series: Aspects of Mathematics ((ASMA,volume 33))

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We formulate a number of conjectures giving a rather complete description of the tautological ring of M g and we discuss the evidence for these conjectures.

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  1. Carel Faber
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  1. Dept. of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078-1058, USA

    Carel Faber

  2. Dept. of Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden

    Carel Faber

  3. Dept. of Mathematics, University of Utrecht, PO Box 80. 010, NL-3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Eduard Looijenga

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Faber, C. (1999). A Conjectural Description of the Tautological Ring of the Moduli Space of Curves. In: Faber, C., Looijenga, E. (eds) Moduli of Curves and Abelian Varieties. Aspects of Mathematics, vol 33. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90172-9_6

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