Diagonal Tau-Functions of 2D Toda Lattice Hierarchy, Connected $(n,m)$-Point Functions, and Double Hurwitz Numbers

TL;DR

This paper derives explicit formulas for connected $(n,m)$-point functions of diagonal tau-functions in the 2D Toda hierarchy, connecting them to double Hurwitz numbers and Gromov-Witten invariants through fermionic and boson-fermion techniques.

Contribution

It provides a unified fermionic approach to compute various double Hurwitz numbers and Gromov-Witten invariants from diagonal tau-functions of the 2D Toda hierarchy.

Findings

Explicit formulas for connected $(n,m)$-point functions derived.

Unified computation method for double Hurwitz numbers established.

Application to stationary Gromov-Witten invariants of $P^1$ demonstrated.

Abstract

We derive an explicit formula for the connected $(n,m)$-point functions associated to an arbitrary diagonal tau-function $\tau_f(\boldsymbol{t}^+,\boldsymbol{t}^-)$ of the 2d Toda lattice hierarchy using fermionic computations and the boson-fermion correspondence. Then for fixed $\boldsymbol{t}^-$, we compute the KP-affine coordinates of $\tau_f(\boldsymbol{t}^+,\boldsymbol{t}^-)$. As applications, we present a unified approach to compute various types of connected double Hurwitz numbers, including the ordinary double Hurwitz numbers, the double Hurwitz numbers with completed $r$-cycles, and the mixed double Hurwitz numbers. We also apply this method to the computation of the stationary Gromov-Witten invariants of $\mathbb P^1$ relative to two points.