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2004 Hodge integrals and invariants of the unknot
Andrei Okounkov, Rahul Pandharipande
Geom. Topol. 8(2): 675-699 (2004). DOI: 10.2140/gt.2004.8.675

Abstract

We prove the Gopakumar–Mariño–Vafa formula for special cubic Hodge integrals. The GMV formula arises from Chern–Simons/string duality applied to the unknot in the three sphere. The GMV formula is a q–analog of the ELSV formula for linear Hodge integrals. We find a system of bilinear localization equations relating linear and special cubic Hodge integrals. The GMV formula then follows easily from the ELSV formula. An operator form of the GMV formula is presented in the last section of the paper.

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Andrei Okounkov. Rahul Pandharipande. "Hodge integrals and invariants of the unknot." Geom. Topol. 8 (2) 675 - 699, 2004. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2004.8.675

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Received: 30 September 2003; Revised: 22 April 2004; Published: 2004
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

zbMATH: 1062.14035
MathSciNet: MR2057777
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/gt.2004.8.675

Subjects:
Primary: 14H10
Secondary: 57M27

Keywords: Gopakumar–Mariño–Vafa formula , Hodge integrals , unknot

Rights: Copyright © 2004 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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