Notes on topological strings and knot contact homology

zbMATH Open1325.57004arXiv1312.0800MaRDI QIDQ5500526FDOQ5500526

Authors: Tobias Ekholm 

Publication date: 6 August 2015

Abstract: We give an introduction to the physics and mathematics involved in the recently observed relation between topological string theory and knot contact homology and then discuss this relation. The note is based on two lectures given at the Gokova Geometry and Topology Conference, 2013 and reports on joint work by Aganagic, Ng, Vafa, and the author.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.0800

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zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons theorytopological string theoryknot contact homologyaugmentation variety

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42)

Cited In (5)

• Knot invariants from topological recursion on augmentation varieties
• Torus knots in lens spaces and topological strings
• Towards effective topological field theory for knots
• Khovanov-Rozansky homology and topological strings
• A Topological Introduction to Knot Contact Homology

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