85 research outputs found
Kontsevich integral for knots and Vassiliev invariants
We review quantum field theory approach to the knot theory. Using holomorphic
gauge we obtain the Kontsevich integral. It is explained how to calculate
Vassiliev invariants and coefficients in Kontsevich integral in a combinatorial
way which can be programmed on a computer. We discuss experimental results and
temporal gauge considerations which lead to representation of Vassiliev
invariants in terms of arrow diagrams. Explicit examples and computational
results are presented.Comment: 25 pages, 17 figure
Explicit computation of Drinfeld associator in the case of the fundamental representation of gl(N)
We solve the regularized Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation and find an explicit
expression for the Drinfeld associator. We restrict to the case of the
fundamental representation of . Several tests of the results are
presented. It can be explicitly seen that components of this solution for the
associator coincide with certain components of WZW conformal block for primary
fields. We introduce the symmetrized version of the Drinfeld associator by
dropping the odd terms. The symmetrized associator gives the same knot
invariants, but has a simpler structure and is fully characterized by one
symmetric function which we call the Drinfeld prepotential.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figures; several flaws indicated by referees correcte
Generalised Ordinary vs Fully Simple Duality for <i>n</i>-Point Functions and a Proof of the Borot–Garcia-Failde Conjecture
We study a duality for the n-point functions in VEV formalism that we call the ordinary vs fully simple duality. It provides an ultimate generalisation and a proper context for the duality between maps and fully simple maps observed by Borot and Garcia-Failde. Our approach allows to transfer the algebraicity properties between the systems of n-point functions related by this duality, and gives direct tools for the analysis of singularities. As an application, we give a proof of a recent conjecture of Borot and Garcia-Failde on topological recursion for fully simple maps..</p
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