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Tropical spin Hurwitz numbers

Lou-Jean Leila Cobigo·Marvin Anas Hahn
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We introduce a tropical framework for the study of spin Hurwitz numbers and their completed cycles analogues. We use degeneration techniques to obtain an interpretation of spin Hurwitz numbers via tropical covers. We employ the tropical methods to obtain new closed formulae for spin Hurwitz numbers in special cases. Moreover, we employ Fock space techniques to tropicalise completed cycles spin Hurwitz numbers. Using this, we prove that spin Hurwitz numbers admit a piecewise polynomial structure akin to their classical counterparts. We also derive wall--crossing formulae.

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Lou-Jean Leila Cobigo, Marvin Anas Hahn. 2026-10-26. Tropical spin Hurwitz numbers. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36390

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