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Intersection theory on moduli of disks, open KdV and Virasoro

Rahul Pandharipande, Jake P Solomon and Ran J Tessler

Geometry & Topology 28 (2024) 2483–2567

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2024.28.2483

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