collaborators

10 papers

math.CO2026

A bijective topological recursion for maps

Gaëtan Borot, Gaëtan Borot, Alessandro Giacchetto +2

We prove bijectively a recursive excision formula for maps of arbitrary topology. This yields the topological recursion formulae governing their enumeration, already at the level o…

math.AG2026

Refined lattice point counting on the moduli space of Klein surfaces

Nitin Kumar Chidambaram, Elba Garcia-Failde, Alessandro Giacchetto +1

We introduce the moduli space of metric Möbius graphs, which extend ribbon graphs to the non-orientable world. This space contains both the moduli space of Riemann surfaces and th…

hep-th2026

Worldsheet Duals to One-Matrix Models

Alessandro Giacchetto, Rajesh Gopakumar, Edward A. Mazenc

We derive a concrete closed string dual to any interacting Hermitian one-matrix model, away from the double-scaling limit. Matrix and string correlators manifestly agree, to all or…

math.AG2026

Les Houches lecture notes on moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces

Alessandro Giacchetto, Danilo Lewański

In these lecture notes, we provide an introduction to the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, a fundamental concept in the theories of 2D quantum gravity, topological string theory,…

hep-th2026

Matrix Correlators as Discrete Volumes of Moduli Space I: Recursion Relations, the BMN-limit and DSSYK

Alessandro Giacchetto, Pronobesh Maity, Edward A. Mazenc

We show certain correlators in generic one-matrix models define a notion of ``discrete'' volumes of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, generalizing the connection between random…

math.AG2025

Relations on and the negative -spin Witten conjecture

Nitin Kumar Chidambaram, Elba Garcia-Failde, Alessandro Giacchetto

We construct and study various properties of a negative spin version of the Witten -spin class. By taking the top Chern class of a certain vector bundle on the moduli space of…