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Math and Physics
Jose M. F. Labastida
I present a brief review on some of the recent developments in topological quantum field theory. These include topological string theory, topological Yang-Mills theory and Chern-Si…
A New Point of View in the Theory of Knot and Link Invariants
Jose M. F. Labastida, Marcos Marino
Recent progress in string theory has led to a reformulation of quantum-group polynomial invariants for knots and links into new polynomial invariants whose coefficients can be unde…
Knots, links and branes at large N
J. M. F. Labastida, Marcos Marino, Cumrun Vafa
We consider Wilson loop observables for Chern-Simons theory at large N and its topological string dual and extend the previous checks for this duality to the case of links. We find…
Knot Invariants and Chern-Simons Theory
J. M. F. Labastida
A brief review of the development of Chern-Simons gauge theory since its relation to knot theory was discovered in 1988 is presented. The presentation is done guided by a dictionar…
Polynomial invariants for torus knots and topological strings
J. M. F. Labastida, M. Marino
We make a precision test of a recently proposed conjecture relating Chern-Simons gauge theory to topological string theory on the resolution of the conifold. First, we develop a sy…
Knot Theory from a Chern-Simons Gauge Theory Point of View
J. M. F. Labastida
A brief summary of the development of perturbative Chern-Simons gauge theory related to the theory of knots and links is presented. Emphasis is made on the progress achieved toward…