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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 X=OP1(1,1)X=\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^{1}}(-1,-1) 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 LKXL_{K}\subset X obtained from the conormal bundles of knots KS3K\subset S^{3}. This computation is then performed for two non-toric examples (the figure-eight and three-twist knots). For (r,s)(r,s) torus knots, the open Gromov-Witten invariants can also be computed using Atiyah-Bott localization. Using this result for the unknot and the (3,2)(3,2) 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

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