Knot invariants and topological strings.

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00118-8zbMath1036.81515arXivhep-th/9912123OpenAlexW3105030526WikidataQ59197146 ScholiaQ59197146MaRDI QIDQ5934839

Cumrun Vafa, Hirosi Ooguri

Publication date: 14 May 2001

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912123

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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