Euler characteristics of moduli spaces of curves
Gilberto Bini
Università degli Studi di Milano, ItalyJohn Harer
Duke University, Durham, USA
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Abstract
Let be the moduli space of -pointed Riemann surfaces of genus . Denote by the Deligne-Mumford compactification of . In the present paper, we calculate the orbifold and the ordinary Euler characteristic of for any and such that .
Cite this article
Gilberto Bini, John Harer, Euler characteristics of moduli spaces of curves. J. Eur. Math. Soc. 13 (2011), no. 2, pp. 487–512
DOI 10.4171/JEMS/259