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Link in $\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^3$ and the Topological Vertex

Mathematical Physics 2025-01-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Geometric Topology math.MP

Abstract

We provide the first computations of colored unknots and Hopf link in RP3\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^3 using both the topological vertex and its refinement. Our approach utilizes the toric Calabi-Yau threefold arising from the geometric transition of the cotangent bundle of RP3\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^3 under the large NN duality. We find that the link invariants are series in the Kahler parameters of the toric Calabi-Yau manifold and the qq-expansions of the rational functions of the series have positivity property. We conjecture that they are Poincare series of an infinite dimensional link homology theory for links in RP3\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^3. We compare our results with that of the S3S^3 and speculate the consequences of the series nature of the invariants.

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@article{arxiv.2501.12566,
  title  = {Link in $\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^3$ and the Topological Vertex},
  author = {John Chae},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.12566},
  year   = {2025}
}

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23 pages

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