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Integrality structures in topological strings I: framed unknot

Algebraic Geometry 2016-12-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics Geometric Topology math.MP

Abstract

We study the open string integrality invariants (LMOV invariants) for toric Calabi-Yau 3-folds with Aganagic-Vafa brane (AV-brane). In this paper, we focus on the case of the resolved conifold with one out AV-brane in any integer framing τ\tau, which is the large NN duality of the Chern-Simons theory for a framed unknot with integer framing τ\tau in S3S^3. We compute the explicit formulas for the LMOV invariants in genus g=0g=0 with any number of holes, and prove their integrality. For the higher genus LMOV invariants with one hole, they are reformulated into a generating function gm(q,a)g_{m}(q,a), and we prove that gm(q,a)(q1/2q1/2)2Z[(q1/2q1/2)2,a±1/2]g_{m}(q,a)\in (q^{1/2}-q^{-1/2})^{-2}\mathbb{Z}[(q^{1/2}-q^{-1/2})^2,a^{\pm 1/2}] for any integer m1m\geq 1. As a by product, we compute the reduced open string partition function of C3\mathbb{C}^3 with one AV-brane in framing τ\tau. We find that, for τ1\tau\leq -1, this open string partition function is equivalent to the Hilbert-Poincar\'e series of the Cohomological Hall algebra of the τ|\tau|-loop quiver. It gives an open string GW/DT correspondence.

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@article{arxiv.1611.06506,
  title  = {Integrality structures in topological strings I: framed unknot},
  author = {Wei Luo and Shengmao Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.06506},
  year   = {2016}
}

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v2: 32 pages, minor corrections

R2 v1 2026-06-22T16:58:21.507Z