Mathematical Research Letters

Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005 pp. 759-766.

Chern Classes of the Moduli Stack of Curves

Authors: Gilberto Bini
Author institution: Università degli Studi di Milano

Summary: Here we calculate the Chern classes of ${\overline{\mathcal M}}_{g,n}$, the moduli stack of stable $n$-pointed genus $g$ curves. In particular, we prove that such classes lie in the tautological ring.

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