Quantum Barnes Function as the Partition Function of the Resolved Conifold
2008 ◽
Vol 2008
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pp. 1-47
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We give a short new proof of largeNduality between the Chern-Simons invariants of the 3-sphere and the Gromov-Witten/Donaldson-Thomas invariants of the resolved conifold. Our strategy applies to more general situations, and it is to interpret the Gromov-Witten, the Donaldson-Thomas, and the Chern-Simons invariants as different characterizations of the same holomorphic function. For the resolved conifold, this function turns out to be the quantum Barnes function, a naturalq-deformation of the classical one that in its turn generalizes the Euler gamma function. Our reasoning is based on a new formula for this function that expresses it as a graded product ofq-shifted multifactorials.
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2018 ◽
Vol 129
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pp. 186-191
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2016 ◽
Vol 433
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pp. 1072-1083
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2005 ◽
Vol 39
(2)
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pp. 156-159
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