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In a previous paper the generator matrix elements and (dual) vector reduced Wigner coefficients (RWCs) were evaluated via the polynomial identities satisfied by a certain matrix constructed from the $R$-matrix $R$ and its twisted…
We prove the formula for the complete tree-level $S$-matrix of $\mathcal{N}=8$ supergravity recently conjectured by two of the authors. The proof proceeds by showing that the new formula satisfies the same BCFW recursion relations that…
We study the statistical mechanics of random surfaces generated by NxN one-matrix integrals over anti-commuting variables. These Grassmann-valued matrix models are shown to be equivalent to NxN unitary versions of generalized Penner matrix…
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Witten's formulation of 2+1 gravity is investigated on the nonorientable three-manifold R x (Klein bottle). The gauge group is taken to consist of all four components of the 2+1 Poincare group. We analyze in detail several components of the…
Let $\mathcal{C}_{\mathbi{d}},$ $\mathcal{I}_{\mathbi{d}},$ $\mathbi{d}{=}(d_1,d_2,..., d_n)$ be the algebras of join covariants and joint invariants of the $n$ binary forms of degrees $d_1,d_2,..., d_n.$ Formulas for computation of the…
Explicit formulas for computation of the Poincar\'e series for the algebras of joint $SL_2$-invariants and covariants of $n$ linear forms in terms of Narayana polynomials are found. Also, for these algebras we calculate the degrees and…
Unimodular gravity can be formulated so that transverse diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations are symmetries of the theory. For this formulation of unimodular gravity, we work out the two-point and three-point $h_{\mu\nu}$ contributions…
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Assume that the link of a complex normal surface singularity is a rational homology sphere. Then its Seiberg-Witten invariant can be computed as the `periodic constant' of the topological multivariable Poincar\'e series (zeta function).…
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