Quantum curves and \(q\)-deformed Painlevé equations (Q2329432)

The paper deals with the grand canonical string partition functions. It is shown that \(\tau\) functions of \(q\)-deformed Painlevé equations can be computed using spectral determinants of operators from quantization of Calaby-Yau manifolds. The explicit example of the Painlevé III\(_3\) equation is considered. In Section 2 a review of topological strings, spectral theory and \(q\)-Painlevé equations is presented. A connection with TS/ST duality is given (see also [\textit{A. Grassi} et al., Ann. Henri Poincaré 17, No. 11, 3177--3235 (2016; Zbl 1365.81094)]). In Section 3 the Fredholm determinant solution for the \(q\)-Painlevé III\(_3\) equation is presented and generalized to matrix models in Section 4. Section 5 is devoted to relations with Aharony-Bergman-Jafferis theory.