Open Gromov-Witten Invariants from the Augmentation Polynomial
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-08-11 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
A conjecture of Aganagic and Vafa relates the open Gromov-Witten theory of to the augmentation polynomial of Legendrian contact homology. We describe how to use this conjecture to compute genus zero, one boundary component open Gromov-Witten invariants for Lagrangian submanifolds obtained from the conormal bundles of knots . This computation is then performed for two non-toric examples (the figure-eight and three-twist knots). For torus knots, the open Gromov-Witten invariants can also be computed using Atiyah-Bott localization. Using this result for the unknot and the torus knot, we show that the augmentation polynomial can be derived from these open Gromov-Witten invariants.
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@article{arxiv.1608.02978,
title = {Open Gromov-Witten Invariants from the Augmentation Polynomial},
author = {Matthew Mahowald},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.02978},
year = {2016}
}
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18 pages, 2 figures