Moduli spaces in genus zero and inversion of power series

Curtis T. McMullen

doi:10.4171/lem/60-1/2-2

JournalslemVol. 60, No. 1/2pp. 25–30

Moduli spaces in genus zero and inversion of power series

Curtis T. McMullen
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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Abstract

This note shows, using elementary properties of ribbon trees, that the universal formula for the inversion of power series can be obtained by counting strata in the compactified moduli space $\overline{M}_{0, n}$ .

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Curtis T. McMullen, Moduli spaces in genus zero and inversion of power series. Enseign. Math. 60 (2014), no. 1/2, pp. 25–30

DOI 10.4171/LEM/60-1/2-2