Blobbed topological recursion from extended loop equations
Abstract
We consider the Hermitian matrix model with measure , where is the Gaussian measure with covariance for given . It was previously understood that this setting gives rise to two ramified coverings of the Riemann sphere strongly tied by and a family of meromorphic differentials conjectured to obey blobbed topological recursion due to Borot and Shadrin. We develop a new approach to this problem via a system of six meromorphic functions which satisfy extended loop equations. Two of these functions are symmetric in the preimages of and can be determined from their consistency relations. An expansion at gives global linear and quadratic loop equations for the . These global equations provide the not only in the vicinity of the ramification points of but also in the vicinity of all other poles located at opposite diagonals and at . We deduce a recursion kernel representation valid at least for .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2301.04068,
title = {Blobbed topological recursion from extended loop equations},
author = {Alexander Hock and Raimar Wulkenhaar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.04068},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
49 pages. v2: discussion of the loop insertion operator and of symmetry of the \omega^{(g)}_n added; references updated and expanded; minor corrections