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20162026
most citedThe tropicalization of the moduli space of curves II: Topology and applications

21 citations · 26 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

math.AG2026

The Prym-Green conjecture in even genera up to 30

Sam Payne, Thomas Willwacher

We prove the Prym-Green conjecture in every even genus from 20 to 30. The genus 24 case disproves the suggestion of Chiodo-Eisenbud-Farkas-Schreyer that the conjecture might fail i…

math.AG2026

Polynomial point counts for moduli spaces of curves with marked points

Sam Payne, Thomas Willwacher

We prove that the number of curves of a fixed genus g with n marked points over finite fields is a polynomial function of the cardinality of the field if and only if g = 0 or 3g +…

math.AG2026

On the Hodge and Tate conjectures for moduli spaces of curves

Sam Payne

We survey recent progress on the cohomology of moduli spaces of stable curves through the lens of the Hodge and Tate conjectures, especially their generalized coniveau forms, which…

math.AG2025

FA-modules of holomorphic forms on

Samir Canning, Hannah Larson, Sam Payne +1

For fixed genus g and varying finite marking set A, the gluing and forgetful maps give the spaces of holomorphic forms on the moduli space of stable A-marked curves of genus g has…

math.AG2024

The motivic structures and in the cohomology of moduli spaces of curves

Samir Canning, Hannah Larson, Sam Payne +1

We study the appearances of and in the weight-graded compactly supported cohomology of moduli spaces of curves. As applications, we prove new n…

math.AG2024

Moduli spaces of curves with polynomial point counts

Samir Canning, Hannah Larson, Sam Payne +1

We prove that the number of curves of a fixed genus g over finite fields is a polynomial function of the size of the field if and only if g is at most 8. Furthermore, we determine…

math.AG2024★ 1 cited

Hopf algebras in the cohomology of , , and

Francis Brown, Melody Chan, Søren Galatius +1

We describe a bigraded cocommutative Hopf algebra structure on the weight zero compactly supported rational cohomology of the moduli space of principally polarized abelian varietie…

math.AG2021★ 4 cited

Weight two compactly supported cohomology of moduli spaces of curves

Sam Payne, Thomas Willwacher

We study the weight 2 graded piece of the compactly supported rational cohomology of the moduli spaces of curves and show that this can be computed as the cohomology of a…

math.AG2016★ 21 cited

The tropicalization of the moduli space of curves II: Topology and applications

Melody Chan, Soren Galatius, Sam Payne

We study the topology of the tropical moduli space parametrizing stable tropical curves of genus g with n marked points in which the bounded edges have total length 1, and prove th…