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1 References Cited [1] S. Billey and R. Vakil, Intersections of Schubert varieties and other permutation array schemes, in Algorithms in Algebraic Geometry, IMA Volume 146, p , [2] I. Coskun and R. Vakil, Geometric positivity in the cohomology of homogeneous spaces and generalized Schubert calculus, in Algebraic Geometry Seattle 2005 Part 1, , Proc. Sympos. Pure Math., 80, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, [3] I. P. Goulden, D. M. Jackson, and R. Vakil, A short proof of the λ g -conjecture without Gromov-Witten theory: Hurwitz theory and the moduli of curves, J. Reine Angew. Math. (Crelle s Journal) 637 (2009), [4] A. Geraschenko, S. Morrison, and R. Vakil, Mathoverflow, Notices of the Amer. Math. Soc. 57 no. 6, June/July 2010, 701. [5] I.P. Goulden, D.M. Jackson, and R. Vakil, The moduli space of curves, double Hurwtiz numbers, and Faber s intersection number conjecture, Annals of Combinatorics, to appear. [6] B. Howard, J. Millson, A. Snowden, and R. Vakil, A new description of the outer automorphism of S 6, and the invariants of six points in projective space, J. Comb. Theory Ser. A, 115 (2008), no. 7, [7] B. Howard, J. Millson, A. Snowden, and R. Vakil, The relations among invariants of points on the projective line, C.R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris 347 no , Oct. 2009, [8] B. Howard, J. Millson, A. Snowden, and R. Vakil, The equations for the moduli space of n points on the line, Duke Math. J. 146 no. 2 (2009), [9] B. Howard, J. Millson, A. Snowden and R. Vakil, The ideal of relations for the ring of invariants of n points on the line, J. Eur. Math. Soc., to appear (earlier version arxiv: ). [10] B. Howard, J. Millson, A. Snowden, and R. Vakil, The ideal of relations for the ring of invariants of n points on the line: integrality results, submitted. [11] B. Howard, J. Millson, A. Snowden and R. Vakil, The geometry of eight points in projective space: representation theory, Lie thery, dualities, in preparation (expected on arxiv fall 2010). [12] J. Keller and R. Vakil, π p, the value of π in l p, Amer. Math. Monthly, 116 (Dec. 2009), no. 10,

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