String theory and the Kauffman polynomial

DOI10.1007/S00220-010-1088-6zbMATH Open1207.81129arXiv0904.1088OpenAlexW3085116887MaRDI QIDQ625489FDOQ625489

Authors: M. Mariño 

Publication date: 17 February 2011

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a new, precise integrality conjecture for the colored Kauffman polynomial of knots and links inspired by large N dualities and the structure of topological string theory on orientifolds. According to this conjecture, the natural knot invariant in an unoriented theory involves both the colored Kauffman polynomial and the colored HOMFLY polynomial for composite representations, i.e. it involves the full HOMFLY skein of the annulus. The conjecture sheds new light on the relationship between the Kauffman and the HOMFLY polynomials, and it implies for example Rudolph's theorem. We provide various non-trivial tests of the conjecture and we sketch the string theory arguments that lead to it.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.1088

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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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