本文定义了 open Hurwitz 数，证明其配分函数序列构成 mKP 层次的 tau 序列，推广了 refined 相交数的相关结果。
摘要：
我们给出了 open Hurwitz 数的自然定义，其中每个分支覆盖的权重包含一个整数参数 $N$，该参数的幂等于映射到 $\mathbb{CP}^1$ 的带边界黎曼曲面的边界分量数。我们证明了由此得到的配分函数序列（依赖于 $N\in\mathbb{Z}$）是 mKP 层次的 tau 序列，换言之，它是 KP 层次的 tau 函数序列，其中每个 tau 函数由前一个通过 Bäcklund-Darboux 变换得到。我们的结果受到 Alexandrov 和前两位作者先前观察的启发，即带边界黎曼曲面模空间上的 refined 相交数给出 mKP 层次的 tau 序列。
英文摘要：
We give a natural definition of open Hurwitz numbers, where the weight of each ramified covering includes an integer parameter $N$ taken to the power that is equal to the number of boundary components of a Riemann surface with boundary mapping to $\mathbb{CP}^1$. We prove that the resulting sequence of partition functions, depending on $N\in\mathbb{Z}$, is a tau-sequence of the mKP hierarchy, or in other words it is a sequence of tau-functions of the KP hierarchy where each tau-function is obtained from the previous one by a Bäcklund-Darboux transformation. Our result is motivated by a previous observation of Alexandrov and the first two authors that the refined intersection numbers on the moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces with boundary give a tau-sequence of the mKP hierarchy.
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